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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the part in the front or nearest the viewer;
- Example: "he was in the forefront"
- Example: "he was at the head of the column"
[syn: forefront, head]

2. the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field;
- Example: "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"
- Example: "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy"
[syn: vanguard, forefront, cutting edge]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Forefront \Fore"front`\, n.
   Foremost part or place.
   [1913 Webster]

         Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle.
                                                  --2 Sam. xi.
                                                  15.
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         Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront
         for all time, the masters of those who know. --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

forefront
    n 1: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the
         forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" [syn:
         forefront, head]
    2: the position of greatest importance or advancement; the
       leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds
       were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in
       England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of
       his mind and central to his philosophy" [syn: vanguard,
       forefront, cutting edge]