Definition of Forefront

1. Noun. The part in the front or nearest the viewer. "He was at the head of the column"

Exact synonyms: Head
Generic synonyms: Forepart, Front, Front End
Derivative terms: Head, Head, Head, Head, Head

2. Noun. The position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field. "The idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy"
Exact synonyms: Cutting Edge, Vanguard
Generic synonyms: Perspective, Position, View

Definition of Forefront

1. n. Foremost part or place.

Definition of Forefront

1. Noun. The leading position or edge; the most advanced or newest thing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forefront

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forefront

forefeet
forefelt
forefence
forefences
forefend
forefended
forefending
forefends
forefinger
forefingers
forefixed
foreflow
forefoot
forefooted
forefooting
forefront (current term)
forefronts
foregain
foregainst
foregame
foreganger
foregangers
foregather
foregathered
foregathering
foregathers
foregear
foregift
foregleam
foreglimpse

Literary usage of Forefront

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"He and Simeon not only " went up " together, side by side, in the forefront of the nation, to the eon- quest of the south of the Holy Land (Judg. i 3, 17), ..."

2. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, Sir W Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1895)
"... who did not fear to set his audacious conception in the very forefront of his Gospel, certain that its justification would come in the events which are ..."

3. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"... low-brooding vapors of death; O'er the flowers and the corn we were borne like a blast, And away to the forefront of battle we passed— "Column! Forward! ..."

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