frontingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfrʌn.tɪŋ//ˈfrʌn.t̬ɪŋ/specialized language the fact of putting a word or phrase that does not normally come at the beginning of a sentence at the beginning, in order to emphasize it
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- anagram
- clause
- cliché
- cliché-ridden
- coin
- compound sentence
- concessive clause
- declarative sentence
- expression
- figure of speech
- mission statement
- nugget
- phrasing
- proverb
- refrain
- relative clause
- simple sentence
- tail
- the operative word idiom
- war cry
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