"front line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: front lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} front line (plural front lines)
  1. (military) A front, or a boundary between opposing positions. Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: front-line [attributive], frontline Translations (military boundary between opposing positions): خَطّ أَمَامِيّ (ḵaṭṭ ʔamāmiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), առաջնագիծ (aṙaǰnagic) (Armenian), cəbhə (Azerbaijani), ön cəbhə (Azerbaijani), cəbhə xətti (Azerbaijani), лі́нія фро́нту (línija fróntu) [feminine] (Belarusian), фронт (front) [masculine] (Belarusian), перадава́я (pjeradavája) [feminine] (Belarusian), 前線 (Chinese Mandarin), 前线 (qiánxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), frontlinje [common-gender] (Danish), front [common-gender] (Danish), frontlijn [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), etulinja (Finnish), front [masculine] (French), ligne de front [feminine] (French), Front [feminine] (German), Frontlinie [feminine] (German), μέτωπο (métopo) [neuter] (Greek), πρωτή γραμμή (protí grammí) [feminine] (Greek), frontvonal (Hungarian), líne thosaigh [feminine] (Irish), 前線 (zensen) (alt: ぜんせん) (Japanese), 最前線 (saizensen) (alt: さいぜんせん) (Japanese), 전선 (jeonseon) (alt: 戰線) (Korean), 최전선 (choejeonseon) (alt: 最前線) (Korean), frontlinje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), خط مقدم (xatt-e moqaddam) (Persian), linia walki [feminine] (Polish), front [neuter] (Romanian), ли́ния фро́нта (línija frónta) [feminine] [military, war, government, politics] (Russian), фронт (front) [masculine] [military, war, government, politics] (Russian), передова́я (peredovája) [feminine] (Russian), frontlinje [common-gender] (Swedish), лі́нія фро́нту (línija fróntu) [feminine] (Ukrainian), фронт (front) [masculine] (Ukrainian), передова́ (peredová) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tiền tuyến (Vietnamese), chiến tuyến (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-front_line-en-noun-zBdO9SVi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 16 23 1 30 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'military boundary between opposing positions': 85 3 3 0 9
  2. (by extension) A site of a conflict, effort, or controversial matter of any kind. Tags: broadly Synonyms (low-level work): the trenches, coalface
    Sense id: en-front_line-en-noun-V9JucwFU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 16 23 1 30 Disambiguation of 'low-level work': 5 46 19 28 3
  3. The site of interaction with outsiders, such as customers.
    Sense id: en-front_line-en-noun-aGKd3JrR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 16 23 1 30
  4. (euphemistic) A low level. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-front_line-en-noun-mjuBHcyQ Categories (other): English euphemisms
  5. (soccer) attack, collectively the attackers or forwards. Categories (topical): Football (soccer)
    Sense id: en-front_line-en-noun-MU0wP9bI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 16 23 1 30 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

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        "(euphemistic) A low level."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Football (soccer)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, in BBC",
          "text": "The home team eventually started to unpick the Town defence and Fabregas forced a saved from visiting goalkeeper Marton Fulop after collecting a pass from Bendtner, who played on the right side of the front line.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "attack, collectively the attackers or forwards."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "attacker",
          "attacker"
        ],
        [
          "forward",
          "forward"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) attack, collectively the attackers or forwards."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "low-level work",
      "word": "the trenches"
    },
    {
      "sense": "low-level work",
      "word": "coalface"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ],
      "word": "front-line"
    },
    {
      "word": "frontline"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵaṭṭ ʔamāmiyy",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَطّ أَمَامِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙaǰnagic",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "առաջնագիծ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "cəbhə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "ön cəbhə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "cəbhə xətti"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "línija fróntu",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лі́нія фро́нту"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "front",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фронт"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjeradavája",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перадава́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "前線"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiánxiàn",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "前线"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "frontlinje"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "front"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frontlijn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "etulinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "front"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligne de front"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Front"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Frontlinie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "métopo",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μέτωπο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "protí grammí",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πρωτή γραμμή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "frontvonal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "líne thosaigh"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜんせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zensen",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "前線"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいぜんせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saizensen",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "最前線"
    },
    {
      "alt": "戰線",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonseon",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "전선"
    },
    {
      "alt": "最前線",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "choejeonseon",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "최전선"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frontlinje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xatt-e moqaddam",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "خط مقدم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "linia walki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "front"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "línija frónta",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "ли́ния фро́нта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "front",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "фронт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peredovája",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "передова́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "frontlinje"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "línija fróntu",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лі́нія фро́нту"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "front",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фронт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredová",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "передова́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "tiền tuyến"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "military boundary between opposing positions",
      "word": "chiến tuyến"
    }
  ],
  "word": "front line"
}

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