"frontline" meaning in English

See frontline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 5 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 7 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 5 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 3 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 49 7 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 44 9 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 7 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 9 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 55 2 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 9 47 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: From 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 5 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 7 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 5 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 49 7 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 44 9 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 7 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 9 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 9 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: front-line [attributive], front line

Inflected forms

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