"afront" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: From a- + front. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|front}} a- + front Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} afront (not comparable)
  1. in front; face to face Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-afront-en-adv-eXuGSf9U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English locatives, English terms prefixed with a-, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of English locatives: 0 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0

Preposition

Etymology: From a- + front. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|front}} a- + front Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} afront, {{en-prep}} afront
  1. in front of
    Sense id: en-afront-en-prep-TY7IuR1u Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 0 100
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