To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
To appear before.
To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body.
To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
To face, be opposite to.
An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
A seafront or coastal promenade.
A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
The beginning.
A field of activity.
The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
The most conspicuous part.
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
The direction of the enemy.
The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one).
Located at or near the front.
Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
To face in a particular direction.
To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
To repair mortar.
To direct toward an object; to aim.
To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
To mark with diacritics.
To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
To indicate a probability of something.
To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
To sail close to the wind.
To approximate to the surface; to head.
The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
A tine or snag of an antler.
Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
A peninsula or promontory.
The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
Any projecting extremity of an object.
A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
The difference between two points of the compass.
A railroad switch.
Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
An electric power socket.
A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
The sharp tip of an object.
A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
A note; a tune.
A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
The position of the pitcher and catcher.
The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
Lace worked by the needle.
A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.