[syn: vanguard, forefront, cutting edge]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forefront \Fore"front`\, n.
Foremost part or place.
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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]