Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The foremost part or area.
- noun The position of most importance, prominence, or responsibility; the vanguard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In front.
- To build or add a forefront to.
- noun The foremost part or place: as; the forefront of a building, or of a, battle.
- noun The forehead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Foremost part or place.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
leading position oredge ; the mostadvanced ornewest thing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- noun the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the forefront is his determination to show his competitors — and their coaches — something new, because his racing tendencies had become as familiar as his trademark soul patch.
It's showtime for Apolo Anton Ohno at his third Winter Games 2010
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The answers we receive from current volunteers as well as our Chadian teachers (here at training) are varied, but usually follow these lines: The government has made English part of the curriculum for a number of reasons, but at the forefront is the "great goopy hope", the oil fields in the south.
Why We (America, Peace Corps & Me) Are Here Zach Center 2005
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The answers we receive from current volunteers as well as our Chadian teachers (here at training) are varied, but usually follow these lines: The government has made English part of the curriculum for a number of reasons, but at the forefront is the "great goopy hope", the oil fields in the south.
Archive 2005-11-01 Zach Center 2005
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The one aspect of all this that we should keep in the forefront is that a major effect of the growth of government is this: it enables an expansion in the depth and breadth of rent-seeking activities generally.
Higher Education Lobby, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And when I do that, the question that keeps rushing to the forefront is this one ...
Why I Write 2008
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In the forefront is Sam Reaves, an unassuming novelist of many accomplishments.
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In the forefront is Sam Reaves, an unassuming novelist of many accomplishments.
February 2007 2007
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In the forefront is steel, playing a leading role in the advancement of Canada's economic interests and constantly alert to opportunities to enlarge its usefulness.
Steel 1965
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Alex: Yeah I don't think we think about the "forefront" - ness or history of it at all too much - it's just very exciting and gratifying that people are listening to and writing about and caring about or music in the first place.
Artrocker - 2009
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Under the argument that states need to protect themselves against voter fraud, Republicans are making a unified push for election reform, and at the forefront is the campaign for implementing and strengthening voter ID requirements.
Victoria Coats: Protecting Or Suppressing The Vote? Victoria Coats 2011
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