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also front-line Word forms: plural front lines1. countable nounThe front line is the place where two opposing armies are facing each other and where fighting is going on. ...a massive concentration of soldiers on the front line. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]A front line state shares a border with a country that it is at war with or is in conflict with. ...the front-line states bordering South Africa. front line in British Englishnoun1. military the most advanced military units or elements in a battle 2. the most advanced, exposed, or conspicuous element in any activity or situation 3. frontline, front-line (modifier)a. of, relating to, or suitable for the front line of a military formation frontline troops b. British of, relating to, or suitable for public service and business employees who are in direct contact with the public frontline staff c. to the fore; advanced, conspicuous, etc frontline news d. of or relating to a country bordering on or close to a hostile country or scene of armed conflict leaders of the frontline states attended the summit front-line in British English (ˈfrʌntˌlaɪn) adjective1. of, relating to, or suitable for the front line of a military formation 2. of, relating to, or suitable for public service and business employees who are indirect contact with the public a front-line management job the multifarious 'challenge' of working in a front-line public service 3. to the fore; advanced, conspicuous, etc 4. of or relating to a country bordering on or close to a hostile country or scene ofunarmed conflict the front-line states bordering South Africa front line in American English 1. a line or position of direct and immediate contact or confrontation as with an enemy 2. a line or position of furthest progress or advancement Examples of 'front line' in a sentencefront line Officials insist that they will not be sent to the front lines.They have previously served on the front line only in support roles, such as medics.Fighting continued in the front lines of the city yesterday, with continual shelling of opposition areas.An incident is told of an officer who was bringing some rum up for the use of his men in the front line.The advancing troops reached the German front line to find the wire cut to pieces and the trenches in ruins.Without dialogue and using only choreographed dance, the film follows a group of fresh recruits as they move from training to the front line.We are also investing 100 million annually to boost the front line by 2,500 officers.We know what the enemy troops in their front lines have had to stand from our artillery and it has been enough to shake anybody's nerve.Most of the signatories have largely moved away from the front line of business.To the front line in the war of terror.The front line in the battle for power is coming to your doorstep.Today he finds himself on the front line of a very different sort of war.They may be deployed at the front line of the war on cancer in a decade.It gets closer to the front line than any movie.These are the fantastic people at the front line in the fight against childhood obesity.Nobody knew if we would be allowed anywhere near the front lines anyway.The front line in wars of the future will be made up of machines.Wasps also plagued the front lines throughout the conflict as the insects thrived on the detritus of trench warfare.It is time for all those who work behind the front line in public administration to show serious pay restraint.These people chose the latter path and now man the country 's front line against ebola.Five battalions were placed in the front line, and three in the second.He has since returned to the country 's front line.The front line in the battle for the city is 200 metres away.Fourteen shelters for women in Afghanistan are on the front line in the battle for human rights.Two waves went ahead, and as soon as they had swept the front line clear two others followed.But inadvertently, he had also made it possible for journalists to visit the villages that had been at the front line of the conflict.If this is life on the front line of public education, it's a scandal.Removing Dr Cable from the front line in one business episode empties him of credibility in all others.Emergency services have had to bolster front-line staff.But patient groups said the money is needed now to pay for front-line services.They have a better understanding of life on the front-line of public service than politicians.Design for service means giving front-line service workers a voice in design from the beginning.Managers need to identify the biggest complexity problems and engage front-line staff.It said it has improved the way it assesses front-line staff.Independent experts assessed what police cuts could be made while protecting front-line services.Instead it is the French who are reluctant to have him back in front-line politics.He has been in front-line politics for only three years as an Illinois senator.If we have pandemic flu, probably only if you are in a front-line service caring for people who are sick.We have a responsibility to the taxpayer to ensure as much of the department's funding as possible is focused on front-line services.They have the job of deciding winners in all areas of the military, from front-line troops to medics and those behind thescenes.I've been a front-line social worker all my life and seen the problems people face.People whose jobs bring them into contact with lots of people all the time are vulnerable, along with the sick and those in front-line health services. In other languagesfront line British English: front line NOUN The front line is the place where two opposing armies are facing each other and where fighting is going on. ...a massive concentration of soldiers on the front line. - American English: front line
- Brazilian Portuguese: linha de frente
- Chinese: 前线
- European Spanish: primera línea
- French: front
- German: Front
- Italian: fronte
- Japanese: 前線
- Korean: 최전방
- European Portuguese: linha da frente
- Latin American Spanish: primera línea
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