frontline

See also: front-line and front line

English

Alternative forms

• front-line (in attributive use), front line

Etymology

From front +‎ line.

Adjective

frontline (not comparable)

1. (military) Located at a front.
2. Most advanced or important.
   • 2019 November 6, “RMT criticises LNER Azumas over "inadequate facilities"”, in Rail, page 19:

     Concerns have been raised about available luggage space, with Cash remarking: "With the upcoming Christmas period there will likely be a large increase in health and safety issues and stress for frontline staff."

Translations

military: located at a front

Chinese: Mandarin: 前線的 / 前线的 (zh) (qiánxiàn de) Dutch: frontlinie (nl) f, frontlijn (nl) Finnish: eturintama- (fi) French: ligne de front (fr) f Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: bere (ku) m, cephe (ku) m, enî (ku) f Swedish: frontlinje (sv) Vietnamese: tiền tuyến (vi)

most advanced; most important

Chinese: Mandarin: (most advanced) 最先進的, 最先进的 (zuì xiānjìn de), (most important) 最重要的 (zuì zhòngyào de) Finnish: eturivin

Noun

frontline (plural frontlines)

1. Alternative form of front line.

Derived terms

• frontliner

Anagrams

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