front vs superior

front

adj
  • Located at or near the front. 

  • 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). 

  • 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). 

verb
  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

superior

adj
  • Located above or out; higher in position. 

  • Greater in size or power. 

  • Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening). 

  • Higher in rank, status, or quality. 

  • (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part. 

  • Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad. 

  • Of high standard or quality. 

  • Affecting or assuming an air of superiority. 

  • (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs. 

  • Printed in superscript. 

  • (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit. 

  • Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem. 

  • More comprehensive. 

  • (of a planet) Closer to the Earth than to the Sun. 

  • Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by. 

  • Greater or better than average. 

noun
  • The senior person in a monastic community. 

  • One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services. 

  • A superior letter, figure, or symbol. 

  • The head of certain religious institutions and colleges. 

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