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Definition of forefront noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

forefront

noun
 
/ˈfɔːfrʌnt/
 
/ˈfɔːrfrʌnt/
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at/in/to the forefront (of something)
  1. in or into an important or leading position in a particular group or activity
    • Women have always been at the forefront of the Green movement.
    • The new product took the company to the forefront of the computer software field.
    • This latest protest has brought prison conditions to the forefront of public attention.
    • The court case was constantly in the forefront of my mind (= I thought about it all the time).
    Extra Examples
    • His new job thrust him to the forefront.
    • She came to the forefront as governor after the political change.
    • The new factory could put the town back at the forefront of steel manufacture.
    • issues at the forefront of government policy
See forefront in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee forefront in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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