1.the immediate proximity of someone or something;
she blushed in his presence
2.the side that is forward or prominent
3.the side that is seen or that goes first
4.a sphere of activity involving effort;
the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front
5.the line along which opposing armies face each other
6.a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals;
he was a charter member of the movement
7.(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
8.a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
9.the outward appearance of a person;
he put up a bold front
10. the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer;
he walked to the front of the stage
11.relating to or located in the front;
the front lines
12.located anteriorly
1.be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to;
The house looks north
2.confront bodily;
breast the storm