afront

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adverb

in front; face to face

OriginEnglish front ← Middle English frount ← Old French front →
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Meanings

adverbafront (not comparable)
  1. not comparablein front; face to face
preposition
  1. in front of

    These four came all afront, and mainly thrust / at me. I made me no more ado, but took all their seven / points in my target, thus!

    a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 2, scene 4, lines 195–197

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Middle Englishan
  6. Middle Englisha-
  7. Englisha-
  8. Latinfrontem
  9. Old Frenchfront
  10. Middle Englishfrount
  11. Englishfront
  12. Englishafront

From a- + front.

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APA

afront. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afront

MLA

“afront.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afront. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afront,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afront.

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