forefront

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈfɔˌrfrʌnt/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The leading or most important position or place; the very front or head of something.; The foremost part or section of something; the front portion.; The most prominent or conspicuous position, especially in terms of public attention or awareness.; The vanguard or leading group in a movement, field, or endeavor.; The part of a helmet that covers the forehead; the front piece of armor for the head.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: forefronts

Collocations

at the forefront ofin the forefrontforefront of innovationforefront of technologyforefront of research

Synonyms

vanguardcutting edgefront lineleading edgefore

Antonyms

rearbackgroundback

Commonly confused

foreground
EN: 'Foreground' refers to the part of a scene nearest to the viewer or the most prominent position in awareness; 'forefront' specifically means the leading position in a movement or field.
frontier
EN: 'Frontier' refers to a border or the extreme limit of knowledge/exploration; 'forefront' refers to the most advanced or prominent position within a field.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember it is one word ('forefront'), not two ('fore front'). It combines 'fore' + 'front' with no hyphen or space.

💬 Examples

  1. The company has been at the forefront of technological innovation for decades.

  2. She stood at the forefront of the crowd to get a better view of the stage.

  3. The scandal brought the issue of corruption to the forefront of public debate.

  4. These young researchers are at the forefront of the fight against climate change.

  5. The knight's helmet had an ornate forefront decorated with gold filigree.