Front vs Above - What's the difference?
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(senseid)The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
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(meteorology) 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.
(military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
(military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
(military) The direction of the enemy.
(military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
(obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
(informal) An act, show, , persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
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(historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
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The most conspicuous part.
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(obsolete) The beginning.
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(UK) a seafront or coastal promenade.
(obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
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Located at or near the front.
(comparable, phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.
(dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
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*:The great gate fronting to the north was about four feet high, and almost two feet wide, through which I could easily creep.
*1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin, 2011, p.35:
*:The door fronted on a narrow run, like a footbridge over a gully, that filled the gap between the house wall and the edge of the bank.
*1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam, 2011, p.312:
*:They emerged atop the broad curving steps that fronted on the Street of the Sisters, near the foot of Visenya's Hill.
*2010 , Ingrid D Rowland, "The Siege of Rome", New York Review of Books , Blog, 26 March:
*:The palazzo has always fronted on a bus stop—but this putative man of the people has kindly put an end to that public service.
To face, be opposite to.
*1749 , (John Cleland), Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure , Penguin, 1985, p.66:
*:After saluting her, he led her to a couch that fronted us, where they both sat down, and the young Genoese helped her to a glass of wine, with some Naples biscuit on a salver.
*1813 , (Jane Austen), Pride and Prejudice :
*:down they ran into the dining-room, which fronted the lane, in quest of this wonder; it was two ladies stopping in a low phaeton at the garden gate.
*1913 , (DH Lawrence), Sons and Lovers , Penguin, 2006, p.49:
*:She sat on a seat under the alders in the cricket ground, and fronted the evening.
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
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*:those that have willed to attaine to some greater excellence, have not beene content, at home, and at rest to expect the rigors of fortune; but have rather gone to meet and front her before, and witting-earnestly cast themselves to the triall of the hardest difficulties.
*1623 , (William Shakespeare), King Henry IV, Part 2 :
*:What well-appointed leader fronts us here?
To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
*2001 , (Terry Goodkind), The Pillars of Creation , p.148:
*:Three tiers of balconies fronted with roped columns supporting arched openings looked down on the marble hall.
(phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
*2005 , Paul Skandera / Peter Burleigh, A Manual of English Phonetics and Phonology , p.48:
*:The velar plosives are often fronted through the influence of a following front vowel, and retracted through the influence of a following back vowel.
(linguistics) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.
(slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
*2007 , Harold Robbins, A Stone for Danny Fisher , p.183:
*:Everybody knew Skopas fronted for the fight mob even though he was officially the arena manager.
To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
*2009 September 1, Mark Sweney, The Guardian :
*:Ray Winstone is fronting a campaign for the Football Association that aims to stop pushy parents shouting abuse at their children during the grassroots football season.
(colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
*2004 , (Danielle Steele), Ransom , p.104:
*:I'm prepared to say that I fronted you the money for a business deal with me, and the investment paid off brilliantly.
To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
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*:Boy don't try to front , / I-I know just-just what you are, are-are.
*2008 Markus Naerheim, The City , p.531
*:You know damned straight what this is about, or you ain't as smart as you been frontin' .
To appear before, as in to front court.
Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, as clothing.
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; — opposed to below'' or ''beneath .
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Farther north than.
Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
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Higher in rank, status, or position.
In addition to; besides.
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred.
In preference to.
Too proud to stoop; averse to; disinclined; too honorable to give.
(theater) Upstage.
Beyond; on the other side.
Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
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Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
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Into or from heaven; in the sky.
In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
Higher in rank, power, or position.
(archaic) In addition.
More in number.
Above zero; above freezing.
(biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
Of heaven; heavenly.
Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
Heaven.
Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
Higher authority.
Above is often used further elliptically as a noun by omitting the noun, where it is should be clear what is omitted.
As nouns the difference between front and above
is that front is the front end or side of something while above is heaven.As a preposition above is
physically over; on top of; worn on top of, as clothing.As an adverb above is
directly overhead; vertically on top of.As an adjective above is
of heaven; heavenly.front
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Noun
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- with smiling fronts encountering
- The inhabitants showed a bold front .
- like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears a front
- the very head and front of my offending
- summer's front
- Bless'd with his father's front , his mother's tongue.
- Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front .
- His front yet threatens, and his frowns command.
Synonyms
* (l)Antonyms
* back * rearDerived terms
* active front * arctic front * battlefront * beachfront * back to front/back-to-front * bowfront * breakfront * cold front * common front * company front * confront * fly front * forefront * frontage * frontal * front and center * front bench/frontbench * front bottom * front burner * frontcourt * front crawl * front door * front drive * front end/front-end * front-facing * front fee * front foot * front grant * front group * frontispiece * frontless * frontlet * frontline/front line * front load * front man * front matter * front money * frontmost * front name * frontness * front nine * front office * front of house * front of the house * front organization * front page * front porch * front projector * front range * front ring * front room * front row * front runner * front running * front stall/front-stall * front teeth * front vowel * front wall * frontward * frontwards * front-wheel drive * frontwise * front yard * home front * in front * in front of * lakefront * occluded front * oceanfront * out-front * polar front * popular front * riverfront * seafront * shirtfront * shock front * shop front/shopfront * shorefront * stationary front * storefront * up front/upfront * warm front * waterfront * weather front * Y-fronts * zip-frontHyponyms
* (The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves) (nautical) (of a ship)Adjective
(-)- The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.
Synonyms
* (located near the front) first, lead, foreAntonyms
* (located near the front) back, last, rear * (of a vowel) backVerb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (assume false appearances) put on airs, feignStatistics
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Preposition
(English prepositions)- Fowl that may fly above the earth.
- Thy worth […] is actions above my gifts.
- I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun.
Usage notes
* (surpassing in number or quantity) Passing into the adverbial sense.Derived terms
* above all * above average * above one's bend * above the law * above the salt * over and aboveAdverb
(-)- That was said above .
- He's in a better place now, floating free as the clouds ''above .
- He appealed to the court above .
- It was a cold day at only 5 above .
- The sparrow I saw was rufous above and off-white below.
Derived terms
* "Above" is also used as the first part of a compound in the sense of before'', ''previously''; as, ''above''-cited, ''above''-described, ''above''-mentioned, ''above''-named, ''above''-said, ''above''-specified, ''above''-written, ''above -given.Adjective
(-)Usage notes
* Above is often used elliptically as an adjective by omitting the word said'', ''mentioned'', ''quoted , or the like: ** the above (-said) observations ** the above (-cited) reference ** the above (-quoted) articlesNoun
(-)Usage notes
- See the above .