Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The foremost part or area.
  • noun The position of most importance, prominence, or responsibility; the vanguard.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The foremost part or place: as; the forefront of a building, or of a, battle.
  • noun The forehead.
  • To build or add a forefront to.
  • In front.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Foremost part or place.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The leading position or edge; the most advanced or newest thing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the part in the front or nearest the viewer
  • noun the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field

Etymologies

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From fore- +‎ front.

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Examples

  • At the forefront is his determination to show his competitors — and their coaches — something new, because his racing tendencies had become as familiar as his trademark soul patch.

    It's showtime for Apolo Anton Ohno at his third Winter Games 2010

  • The answers we receive from current volunteers as well as our Chadian teachers (here at training) are varied, but usually follow these lines: The government has made English part of the curriculum for a number of reasons, but at the forefront is the "great goopy hope", the oil fields in the south.

    Why We (America, Peace Corps & Me) Are Here Zach Center 2005

  • The answers we receive from current volunteers as well as our Chadian teachers (here at training) are varied, but usually follow these lines: The government has made English part of the curriculum for a number of reasons, but at the forefront is the "great goopy hope", the oil fields in the south.

    Archive 2005-11-01 Zach Center 2005

  • The one aspect of all this that we should keep in the forefront is that a major effect of the growth of government is this: it enables an expansion in the depth and breadth of rent-seeking activities generally.

    Higher Education Lobby, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • And when I do that, the question that keeps rushing to the forefront is this one ...

    Why I Write 2008

  • In the forefront is Sam Reaves, an unassuming novelist of many accomplishments.

    Shameless LCC Photos Pt 1 2007

  • In the forefront is Sam Reaves, an unassuming novelist of many accomplishments.

    February 2007 2007

  • In the forefront is steel, playing a leading role in the advancement of Canada's economic interests and constantly alert to opportunities to enlarge its usefulness.

    Steel 1965

  • Alex: Yeah I don't think we think about the "forefront" - ness or history of it at all too much - it's just very exciting and gratifying that people are listening to and writing about and caring about or music in the first place.

    Artrocker - 2009

  • Under the argument that states need to protect themselves against voter fraud, Republicans are making a unified push for election reform, and at the forefront is the campaign for implementing and strengthening voter ID requirements.

    Victoria Coats: Protecting Or Suppressing The Vote? Victoria Coats 2011

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