"frontline" meaning in English

See frontline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: front + line Etymology templates: {{compound|en|front|line}} front + line Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} frontline (not comparable)
  1. (military) Located at a front Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Military Translations (military: located at a front): 前線的 (Chinese Mandarin), 前线的 (qiánxiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), frontlinie [feminine] (Dutch), frontlijn (Dutch), eturintama- (Finnish), ligne de front [feminine] (French), bere [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), cephe [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), enî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), frontlinje (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-frontline-en-adj-eZD5-BAZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 7 50 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'military: located at a front': 98 2
  2. Most advanced or important Tags: not-comparable Translations (most advanced; most important): 最先進的 (english: most advanced) (Chinese Mandarin), 最先进的 (zuì xiānjìn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 最重要的 (zuì zhòngyào de) (english: most important) (Chinese Mandarin), eturivin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-frontline-en-adj-U-rq5WpV Disambiguation of 'most advanced; most important': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: front-line [attributive], front line

Noun

Forms: frontlines [plural]
Etymology: front + line Etymology templates: {{compound|en|front|line}} front + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} frontline (plural frontlines)
  1. Alternative spelling of front line Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: front line Derived forms: frontliner
    Sense id: en-frontline-en-noun-kT~1YJeN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 7 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: front-line [attributive], front line

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for frontline meaning in English (4.5kB)

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