up front

adjective

Open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful.

“If you don't have anything to do up front, help organize the boxes in back.”

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Meanings

adjective
  1. idiomaticOpen, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful.

    I will be up front with you: what you are asking may be costly and difficult.

    1 more example

    Warning online ticket retailers to be "up front" about fees, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has written to seven of the 19 third-party ticket retailers (TPRs) which did not include their fees in the upfront price. Threatening to take action about hidden charges (known as 'drip pricing'), where an initial price is shown but additional elements are revealed later in the sales process, the ORR reviewed the prices of 19 TPRs.

    2023 December 27, Mel Holley, “Network News: Regulator to crack down on hidden ticket charges”, in RAIL, number 999, page 6
adverb
  1. idiomaticAt the beginning; before anything begins.

    If we settle on the terms of the deal up front there will be much less arguing later.

  2. At the front.

    If you don't have anything to do up front, help organize the boxes in back.

  3. hobbiesIn attacking positions.

    But, rather than make a change up front, Hughes shuffled his defence for this match, replacing Carlos Salcido with Baird, in a move which few would have predicted would prove decisive.

    2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC
    1 more example

    TIn front of a record women's rugby crowd of 81,885, the Red Roses, who had lost the previous two finals to New Zealand, laid that ghost to rest with an assured display built on their power up front and ferocious defence.

    2025 September 27, Alastair Telfer, “England overpower Canada to win Women's World Cup”, in BBC Sport

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
honest

Translations

Catalan per anticipat
  • per anticipatat the beginning; before anything begins
Finnish aluksi, alkuun
  • aluksiat the beginning; before anything begins
  • alkuunat the beginning; before anything begins
French en pointe
  • en pointein an attacking position
German zu Anfang, anfangs
  • zu Anfangat the beginning; before anything begins
  • anfangsat the beginning; before anything begins
  • zuerstat the beginning; before anything begins
  • vorneat the front
  • im Vordergrundat the front
  • vornat the front
Polish szczery
  • szczeryopen, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful
Russian откры́тый, че́стный
  • откры́тый (otkrýtyj)open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful
  • че́стный (čéstnyj)open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful
  • зара́нее (zaráneje)at the beginning; before anything begins
  • предвари́тельно (predvarítelʹno)at the beginning; before anything begins
  • ава́нсом (avánsom)at the beginning; before anything begins
  • впереди́ (vperedí)at the front
Cite this entry
APA

up front. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20front

MLA

“up front.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20front. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “up front,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20front.

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