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front-load en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Designed to be loaded from the front.
    • A new front-load washing machine uses less water than a top-load.

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front-load en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (attributive, form-of) Attributive form of front load.
    form of front load
    • This is a front-load fund, with 4.5% coming off the top.

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front-load en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To assign to the initial periods; to schedule for as early as possible.
    • In a sense, it would be comforting to find that front-loading had developed out of a conscious and deliberate policy, for that would imply that the problem could be readily remedied. 2003, William G. Mayer, Andrew E. Busch, The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations, →ISBN, page 55:
    • We front-loaded the fees on the project.
    • We front-loaded the project with fees.

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front-loading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
front-loads Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
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front-loaded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
front-loaded Tense=Past lexicographic
frontload alternative lexicographic