"afront" meaning in English

See afront in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: 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 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English locatives Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 100 0 Disambiguation of English locatives: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 0 0

Preposition

Etymology: 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 0 0

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