"up front" meaning in English

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Adjective

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  1. (idiomatic) Open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful. Tags: idiomatic Translations (open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful): szczery (Polish), откры́тый (otkrýtyj) (Russian), че́стный (čéstnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-up_front-en-adj-~ovX3MnF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 0 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 35 0 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 38 0 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 0 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 42 30 0 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 42 30 0 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 39 31 0 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 42 30 0 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 31 0 28

Adverb

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  1. (idiomatic) At the beginning; before anything begins. Tags: idiomatic Translations (at the beginning; before anything begins): per anticipat (note: of payments) (Catalan), aluksi (Finnish), alkuun (Finnish), зара́нее (zaráneje) (Russian), предвари́тельно (predvarítelʹno) (Russian), ава́нсом (avánsom) [especially] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-up_front-en-adv-KGdESeyx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 0 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 35 0 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 38 0 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 0 28 Disambiguation of 'at the beginning; before anything begins': 99 0 1
  2. At the front. Translations (at the front): впереди́ (vperedí) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-up_front-en-adv-w-u6Rh8E Disambiguation of 'at the front': 0 100 0
  3. (soccer) In an attacking position. Categories (topical): Football (soccer) Translations (in an attacking position): en pointe (French)
    Sense id: en-up_front-en-adv-RuWQsWGW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 0 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 35 0 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 38 0 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 0 28 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'in an attacking position': 1 0 99
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