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front line

noun

the line along which opposing armies face each other (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑battlefront, ↑front

• Derivationally related forms: ↑frontal (for: ↑front)

• Hypernyms: ↑line

• Part Holonyms: ↑battlefield, ↑battleground, ↑field of battle, ↑field of honor, ↑field

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I. noun

1. : a military line formed by the most advanced tactical units in a combat situation; also : the line or zone of contact with an enemy : front

2. : the most advanced, responsible, or vanguard position in any field of activity or struggle

constantly in the front line of antislavery agitation — F.S.Philbrick

II. noun

: an area of potential or actual conflict or struggle

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1. front (def. 9).

2. the visible forefront in any action, activity, or field: TV reporters are constantly involved in the front line of events.

3. Football. See front four.

4. Basketball. See front court (def. 2b).

[1915-20]

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front line noun

1. The battle positions closest to the enemy

2. The most active, exposed or dangerous position or role in any activity or situation, esp a conflict (figurative)

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Main Entry: ↑front

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front line UK US noun [countable] [singular front line plural front lines]

the area where two armies face each other and fight during a war

Thesaurus: places where war and fighting take place_hyponym

Phrases: at the front line ▪ in the front line ▪ on the front line

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front line,

the most advanced line occupied by troops, nearest to enemy positions.

front-line «FRUHNT LYN», adjective.

1. of or at the front line: »The general sent [the band] into the nearby combat areas, in a two-and-a-half-ton truck, to play for the front-line troops (New Yorker).

2. of or having to do with any country which borders on or is closest to an enemy country or area of conflict: »Iraq still seemed caught between feeling left out of the ranks of “front-line” states with Israel and being deeply involved in Gulf affairs (Manchester Guardian).

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(also frontline) n. usu. the front line the military line or part of an army that is closest to the enemy

[as adj.]
the front-line troops

■ the most important or influential position in a debate or movement

it is doctors who are on the front line of the euthanasia debate

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noun, pl ⋯ lines [count]

1 : an area where soldiers are fighting : ↑front 7a, 1

troops on the front line = front-line troops

2 : the most important and active position in a job or field of activity

These researchers are on/at the front line of defense against cancer.

She has been working on the front lines to educate the poor.

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the ˌfront ˈline [front line front lines] noun singular

an area where the enemies are facing each other during a war and where fighting takes place

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Tanks have been deployed all along the front line.

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front-line troops

Idiom: ↑in the front line

Useful english dictionary. 2012.