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(n) the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"
(n) the side that is forward or prominent
(n) the side that is seen or that goes first
(n) a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
(n) the line along which opposing armies face each other
(n) a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"
(n) (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
(n) a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
(n) the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"
(n) the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"
(v) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
(v) confront bodily; "breast the storm"

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