Background for fronting

fronting

/ˈfɹʌntɪŋ/

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verb

To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.

Examples :

"The house is fronting the park, offering a beautiful view. "

direction position

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verb

To face, be opposite to.

Examples :

"The classroom building fronts the playground. "

position direction place

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verb

To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

Examples :

"Example: "Instead of avoiding the problem, she decided she needed to start fronting it and find a solution." "

action attitude communication

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verb

To adorn the front of; to put on the front.

Examples :

"She was fronting her scrapbook with colorful stickers. "

appearance style

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verb

To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

Examples :

"The speech therapist explained that the child was fronting his /k/ sounds, making them sound like /t/ sounds. "

phonetics language linguistics

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verb

To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.

Examples :

"Instead of saying "He ate the apple," we can emphasize the apple by fronting it: "The apple, he ate." "

linguistics grammar

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verb

To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

Examples :

"He was fronting for his friend, claiming he was sick when he was actually at the beach. "

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verb

To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

Examples :

""She is fronting the school's campaign to raise money for new computers." "

politics media organization business communication

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To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

Examples :

"The company is fronting the employees' travel expenses for the conference. "

business finance

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verb

To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

Examples :

"He was fronting when he said he knew how to fix the car; he clearly had no idea what he was doing. "

appearance character action society

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verb

To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).

Examples :

"He's just fronting about being rich; he still lives with his parents and drives an old car. "

appearance character action attitude communication

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verb

To appear before.

Examples :

"to front court"

language linguistics

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noun

A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.

Examples :

"The linguist explained that fronting of the /u/ sound in words like "blue" is common in some dialects, where it's pronounced closer to the front of the mouth. "

phonetics linguistics

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noun

A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.

Examples :

""The student's phonetics paper on vowel alternations included an example of fronting in a particular dialect, where the /u/ sound in 'boot' sometimes becomes closer to an /i/ sound depending on surrounding words." "

phonetics linguistics

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noun

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.

Examples :

""The linguistics professor discussed vowel fronting in some regional dialects, explaining how the /u/ sound, as in 'goose,' is pronounced further forward in the mouth compared to standard English." "

language linguistics phonetics

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noun

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).

Examples :

"The teacher explained that fronting like "This I know" instead of "I know this" is used for emphasis in writing. "

language linguistics grammar word structure writing communication

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noun

An act of putting on a false façade to impress people.

Examples :

"His constant boasting about his non-existent wealth was clearly just fronting to impress the new girl at school. "

appearance character attitude action