forefront

CEFRC1

/ˈfɔːfɹʌnt/

noun

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noun
The leading or most important position in an activity.
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noun
Extra detail
To bring to the forefront; to emphasize, or focus on.

Examples

At the forefront of our agenda has to be what is best for the citizens.
Finland has been at the forefront pursuing gender equality for decades.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 3
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 4

Also pronounced

/ˈfoːfɹɐnt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

The leading position or edge.

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In context

That laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology.
He said that with the world facing a climate crisis, "it is up to those at the forefront of our industry - like Network Rail - to lead by example".
The impact of austerity and economic circumstances were forefronted in the more economically deprived countries of the partner countries (BG, GR) and seen as producing a fateful impact on access to diet and healthy lifestyle options.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

Today, the pocket calculator is a dying product, a casualty of digitization, which has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on phone and computer screens rather than an object in its own right, but back in the early 1970s, it was at the forefront of consumer technology.
2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times
It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.
2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19
He said that with the world facing a climate crisis, "it is up to those at the forefront of our industry - like Network Rail - to lead by example".
2023 August 9, “Network News: Network Rail under fire for spending thousands of pounds on flights”, in RAIL, number 989, page 15
The impact of austerity and economic circumstances were forefronted in the more economically deprived countries of the partner countries (BG, GR) and seen as producing a fateful impact on access to diet and healthy lifestyle options.
2015 July 8, Anne Rogers et al., “Meso level influences on long term condition self-management: stakeholder accounts of commonalities and differences across six European countries”, in BMC Public Health, volume 15, →DOI

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Origin

noun

From Middle English forefrount, forfrount, forefronte, equivalent to fore- + front.

Deep Dive

noun

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Quick test

Her innovative research placed her at the blank— of medical advancements in treating the disease.

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Origin

noun

Her innovative research placed her at the blank of medical advancements in treating the disease.