• n.
    ⦿the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
    lexical concept
  • the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England
  • the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
lexinfo:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:cutting edge
  2. enl:forefront
  3. enl:vanguard
wn:interlingual indexili:i69164

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
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  • forefrontvanguard
  • cutting edgeforefrontvanguard