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(noun) social movement, movement
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
he was a charter member of the movement; politicians have to respect a mass movement; he led the national liberation front
the side that is forward or prominent
(noun) front line, battlefront
the line along which opposing armies face each other
(noun) presence
the immediate proximity of someone or something
she blushed in his presence; he sensed the presence of danger; he was well behaved in front of company
(noun) front man, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
(verb) breast
confront bodily
breast the storm
be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
The house looks north; My backyard look onto the pond; The building faces the park