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up front en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful.
    • I will be up front with you: what you are asking may be costly and difficult.
    • 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:

Translations (3)

ru откры́тый (open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful) · pl szczery (open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful) · ru че́стный (open, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful)

up front en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) At 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. In attacking positions.
    • 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:
    • 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:

Translations (14)

de anfangs (at the beginning; before anything begins) · ru зара́нее (at the beginning; before anything begins) · de zuerst (at the beginning; before anything begins) · ru предвари́тельно (at the beginning; before anything begins) · fr en pointe (in an attacking position) · de vorne (at the front) · de zu Anfang (at the beginning; before anything begins) · de vorn (at the front) · ru впереди́ (at the front) · ru ава́нсом (at the beginning; before anything begins) · ca per anticipat (at the beginning; before anything begins) · fi aluksi (at the beginning; before anything begins) · fi alkuun (at the beginning; before anything begins) · de im Vordergrund (at the front)