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