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  • adjective Located at the front; foremost

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective preceding all others in spatial position

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Examples

  • Jumper paused, raising his two frontmost forelegs, which seemed to be the most sensitive to new things.

    Falcon Street 2010

  • At the start, for example, in the shallow confines of the frontmost area of the stage, we see in crisp black and white what looks like a magnifying-glass image of a ranch-style, American den in the 1970s.

    A Suite That Cracks the Tchaikovsky Code Robert Greskovic 2010

  • It was at that point – my attention momentarily diverted from my crotch – that I noticed that I had suddenly sprouted a giant zit on the very frontmost tip of my nose.

    Zipless | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • Right now: it's 6: 00pm on Friday, June 23, with us all meeting at the frontmost lobby of Morial Convention Center.

    ALA New Orleans 2006

  • It was at that point - my attention momentarily diverted from my crotch - that I noticed that I had suddenly sprouted a giant zit on the very frontmost tip of my nose.

    Zipless 2007

  • It was at that point - my attention momentarily diverted from my crotch - that I noticed that I had suddenly sprouted a giant zit on the very frontmost tip of my nose.

    Archive 2007-03-25 2007

  • It was only slightly deeper than he could reach without leaning over the frontmost row of stacked plastic containers.

    Harbinger DAVID MACK 2005

  • Since neither likelihood is absolute zero, perhaps the best policy would be to require unaccompanied children to sit in the frontmost row, where the fight attendants can see the children at all times.

    Bigotry Against Men In Childcare 2005

  • Since neither likelihood is absolute zero, perhaps the best policy would be to require unaccompanied children to sit in the frontmost row, where the fight attendants can see the children at all times.

    Bigotry Against Men In Childcare 2005

  • It was only slightly deeper than he could reach without leaning over the frontmost row of stacked plastic containers.

    Harbinger DAVID MACK 2005

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