forefront

UK /ˈfɔːfɹʌnt/ US /ˈfɔɹfɹʌnt/
noun 1verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

The leading position or edge.

That laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology.

Today, the pocket calculator is a dying product, a casualty of digitization, which has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on phone and computer screens rather than an object in its own right, but back in the early 1970s, it was at the forefront of consumer technology.

verb

1

To bring to the forefront; to emphasize, or focus on.

The impact of austerity and economic circumstances were forefronted in the more economically deprived countries of the partner countries (BG, GR) and seen as producing a fateful impact on access to diet and healthy lifestyle options.

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