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Synonyms for up front

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhp-fruhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌpˈfrʌnt

Définition of up front

Origin :
  • late 13c., "forehead," from Old French front "forehead, brow" (12c.), from Latin frontem (nominative frons) "forehead, brow, front; facade, forepart; appearance," perhaps literally "that which projects," from PIE *bhront-, from root *bhren- "to project, stand out." Or from PIE *ser-, "base of prepositions and preverbs with the basic meaning 'above, over, up, upper'" [Watkins].
  • Sense of "foremost part of anything" developed in Latin. The military sense of "foremost part of an army" (mid-14c.) led to the meaning "field of operations in contact with the enemy" (1660s). Home front is from 1919. Sense of "public facade" is from 1891; that of "something serving as a cover for illegal activities" is from 1905. Meteorological sense first recorded 1921. Front yard first attested 1767.
  • adj straightforward
Example sentences :
  • "Come on up front, where we can see the dogs better," said Ted to his sister.
  • Extract from : « The Curlytops and Their Pets » by Howard R. Garis
  • It's your job to get up front and see what's ailin' this car.
  • Extract from : « Polly and Eleanor » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • There was a yell from up front and a scrooging forward of bodies.
  • Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • That other benzine buggy is coming back, and Hank's up front.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt's Mystery » by Stanley R. Matthews
  • So I got him up front of the fire, same as I used to roast turkeys.
  • Extract from : « Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks » by Charles Felton Pidgin
  • The boys in "The Services of Supplies" are eager to get up front.
  • Extract from : « Soldier Silhouettes on our Front » by William L. Stidger
  • You des let 'er come a-cuttin' up front er my do', en I lay you'll year squallin'.
  • Extract from : « Nights With Uncle Remus » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • He gave me the keys to his car and told me to go down and get his car and back it up front of the jail door to put Oswald in.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Not quite every process—the designer had a room of her own up front nearer where the woodwork was white.
  • Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
  • Well, youve won this fight—come on, lets get up front and hear the argument.
  • Extract from : « The Fall of a Nation » by Thomas Dixon

Antonyms for up front

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