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Roget category 234

2. Words relating to space
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#234. Front

noun

front — fore, forepart — foreground — face, disk, disc, frontage — facade, proscenium, facia [Lat.], frontispiece — anteriority^† — obverse (of a medal or coin). fore rank, front rank — van, vanguard — advanced guard — outpost — first line — scout.
brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz^†, countenance, mut [Slang] — rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore^†, jib.
pioneer etc. (precursor) 64 — metoposcopy^†.

verb

be in front, stand in front etc. adj. — front, face, confront — bend forwards — come to the front, come to the fore.

adjective

fore, anterior, front, frontal.

adverb

before — in front, in the van, in advance — ahead, right ahead — forehead, foremost — in the foreground, in the lee of — before one's face, before one's eyes — face to face, vis-a-vis — front a front.

phrase

formosa muta commendatio est [Lat.] [Syrus]; frons est animi janua [Lat.] [Cicero]; Human face divine" [Milton]; imago animi vultus est indices oculi [Lat.] [Cicero]; sea of upturned faces" [Scott].

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