1syllable
fronting
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Definitions offronting
1verb
- To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
- To face, be opposite to.
- To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
- To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
- To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
- To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.
- To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
- To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
- To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
- To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
- To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
- To appear before.
Example: "to front court"
1noun
- A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.
- A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.
- An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.
- The movement of a word of phrase to nearer the beginning of a sentence or clause than it would usually appear, often for emphasis. May also occur as part of the standard syntax of particular constructions (e.g. wh-fronting).
- An act of putting on a false façade to impress people.
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