front

front
noun
1) (the part of anything (intended to be) nearest the person who sees it; usually the most important part of anything: the front of the house; the front of the picture; (also adjective) the front page.) front, forside, fasade
2) (the foremost part of anything in the direction in which it moves: the front of the ship; (also adjective) the front seat of the bus.) fremste del, front
3) (the part of a city or town that faces the sea: We walked along the (sea) front.) strekning langs sjøen, strandpromenade
4) ((in war) the line of soliers nearest the enemy: They are sending more soldiers to the front.) front, krigsskueplass
5) (a boundary separating two masses of air of different temperatures: A cold front is approaching from the Atlantic.) -front
6) (an outward appearance: He put on a brave front.) ytre, holdning, mine, fasade
7) (a name sometimes given to a political movement: the Popular Front for Liberation.) front
- frontal
- at the front of
- in front of
- in front
fasade
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subst. \/frʌnt\/
1) forside, front
2) fasade
3) (teater e.l.) forgrunn
4) (militærvesen) front, frontlinje
5) (militærvesen) krigsskueplass
6) (meteorologi) front
a cold front is coming in
en kaldfront kommer inn
7) ansiktsuttrykk, mine, skinn, maske, fasade
she managed to maintain a brave front
hun klarte å holde en tapper mine
8) fremtreden, holdning
9) frekkhet, mage
10) skalkeskjul, kamuflasje, dekning
the drug dealers ran a restaurant as a front
narkotikalangerne drev en restaurant som skalkeskjul
11) (om person) stråmann
12) (overført) frontfigur, toppfigur
the war hero will make an excellent front for our organization
krigshelten vil være en ypperlig gallionsfigur for organisasjonen vår
13) skjortebryst
he had a false front
han hadde løst skjortebryst
14) (poetisk) åsyn
15) (poetisk) panne
16) falskt pannehår (på kvinne)
17) (overført) front
how are things on the home front?
hvordan står det til på hjemmefronten?
18) (om bryst) front, kløft
be at the front (militærvesen) være ved fronten
be in front lede
change front (militærvesen) gjøre en frontforandring (overført) endre standpunkt
cold front (meteorologi) kaldfront
come to the front komme opp, bli aktuelt, være på tapetet stå frem offentlig bli kjent, komme i forgrunnen
the front strandpromenaden
front nine (golf) front nine
front of (amer.) foran
the man had a newspaper front of him
mannen hadde en avis foran seg
i noens nærvær, i noens påhør
don't say that front of her
ikke si det i hennes påhør
front to front ansikt til ansikt
go to the front (militærvesen) dra til fronten
have the front to do something være frekk nok til å gjøre noe
after our quarrel he had the front to ask me out
etter krangelen vår var han frekk nok til å be meg med ut
ha mage til å gjøre noe
he didn't have the front to tell the truth
han hadde ikke mage til å si sannheten
in front forrest, foran, i spissen
she walked in front
hun gikk foran
in front of foran
he put the horse in front of the cart
han satte hesten foran kjerren
i nærvær av, i noens påhør
don't lie in front of your parents
ikke lyv i dine foreldres nærvær
in the front of foran\/forrest i, i forreste del av
I have planted a chestnut in the front of my garden
jeg har plantet et kastanjetre i forreste del av hagen min
keep up a front holde masken
out front (spesielt amer. teater) blant publikum, i salen
show\/present a bold front eller put on a bold front holde masken, late som ingenting, gjøre gode miner til slett spill
a two-paired front (gammeldags) forklaring: et rom mot gaten i annen etasje
warm front (meteorologi) varmfront
way out front (spesielt amer., slang) langt foran
II
verb \/frʌnt\/
1) vende (ut) mot, ligge mot, stå mot, ha forsiden (ut) mot, ha fasaden (ut) mot, vende seg mot
the house fronts the street
huset vender (ut) mot gaten
2) stå foran, ligge foran
a house fronts the lake
et hus ligger med fasaden mot innsjøen
3) (militærvesen) gjøre front mot
4) (om fasade) (be)kle
they fronted the house with stone
de kledde huset med stein
5) (gammeldags) møte, trosse
they bravely fronted the dangers
de trosset farene tappert
6) (amer., slang) punge ut med, betale på forhånd
front (militærvesen, kommandoord) vending hit
front about (også overført) gjøre helomvending, vende seg om, gjøre helt om
front for (amer.) gå i bresjen for være talsmann for, representere
front on eller front to eller front towards vende mot, ligge mot
III
adj. \/frʌnt\/
1) forrest, for-
what do you think of the front view of the house?
hva synes dere om forsiden av huset?
2) som ligger foran, som befinner seg foran
3) til gaten
4) (fonetikk) fortunge-
front vowel
fortungevokal

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