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Noun

{{senseid|en|Q37017}}{{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[front]] part of the [[head]] of a [[human]] or other [[animal]], featuring the [[eye]]s, [[nose]]{{,}} and [[mouth]], and the surrounding area.
{{lb|en|informal|or|slang}}
{{lb|en|figurative}}
The [[frontal]] [[aspect]] of something.
The directed force of something.
Any [[surface]], especially a [[front]] or [[outer]] one.
{{lb|en|geometry}} Any of the [[flat]] [[bounding]] [[surface]]s of a [[polyhedron]]; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a [[polytope]] of any [[dimension]].
{{lb|en|cricket}} The [[front]] [[surface]] of a [[bat]].
{{lb|en|golf}} The part of a [[golf club]] that [[hit]]s the [[ball]].
{{lb|en|heraldiccharge}} The [[head]] of a [[lion]], shown [[face-on]] and [[cut off]] immediately behind the [[ear]]s.
{{lb|en|cards}} The side of the [[card]] that shows its [[value]] (as opposed to the [[back]] side, which looks the same on all cards of the [[deck]]).
{{lb|en|video games|[[TCG]]s|uncountable}} The [[player character]], especially as opposed to [[minion]]s or other [[entity|entities]] which might absorb [[damage]] instead of the player character.

{{lb|en|transitive|of a person or animal}} To [[position]] oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
{{lb|en|transitive|of an object}} To have its [[front]] closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
{{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
{{lb|en|transitive|retail}} To [[improve]] the [[display]] of [[stock]] by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.
{{lb|en|transitive}} To be [[present]]ed or [[confront]]ed with; to have in [[prospect]].
{{sid|en|deal with}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[deal with]] (a difficult situation or person); to [[accept]] (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
{{lb|en|intransitive}} To have the front in a certain direction.
{{lb|en|transitive}} To have as an [[opponent]].
{{lb|en|intransitive|cricket}} To be the [[batsman]] on strike.
{{lb|en|transitive|obsolete|or|dialectal}} To [[confront]] [[impudently]]; to [[bully]].
{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cover]] in front, for [[ornament]], [[protection]], etc.; to put a [[facing]] upon.
{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[line]] near the edge, especially with a different material.

{{lb|en|music|mnemonic}} {{n-g|A [[mnemonic]] phrase and [[initialism]] to help remember the order of the notes on the four spaces of a musical [[treble]] [[clef]] in order from the bottom to the top}}.

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