front

Naija

Alternative forms

• room 0.60 356, neck 0.57 111, house 0.55 4277, streets 0.55 149, floor 0.54 88, door 0.54 242, hands 0.54 154, compound 0.52 114, head 0.51 1697

Etymology

Borrowed from English front

Pronunciation

• frɔ̂nt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 17
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 519
• Frequency in raw corpus: 615
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 557

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

front: be in front, of cloth, the face -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Im dey front o. Na di cloth front be dis.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:157)

   Moh una come front!  — (ABJ_INF_09b_Old-Time-School_M__92, Come to the forefront !)

   Dey look front too.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__180, Also pay attention to what is infront of you.)

3. case (frequency:154)

   okay sit for front  — (deuber__4937, __no translation__)

   For front we fit regret.  — (jw__11778, __no translation__)

4. nmod (frequency:22)

   front of your throne today,  — (jw__48715, __no translation__)

   Pastor dey front of ehn altar dey preach.  — (JOS_08_Girls-Wey-No-Sabi-Cook_M__71, Pastor was in front of the altar preaching.)

5. det-nmod (frequency:7)

   di front of di house where e suppose help di community make di road to e house dere make oder people dey enjoy di road.  — (deuber__5530, __no translation__)

   year-old Kehinde Otokoto pick up interest to learn di sport wen im bin dey see pipo dey ride am pass di front of im house.  — (bbc__102852, __no translation__)

6. conj (frequency:6)

   De plait am front, and back.  — (JOS_20_Beauty-Of-Jos_MG__51, We plait our hair to the front, and to the back.)

   Di one wey get di statistics front and, backyard,  — (ONI_04_Women_M__52, The one which has the statistics front and backyard.)

7. case-det (frequency:6)

   For di front, dem put British-Ghanaian model Adwoa Aboah.  — (bbc__51123, __no translation__)

   E start to talk the truth about im sickness for everybody front, and sey the sickness don go.  — (jw__3107, __no translation__)

8. cc (frequency:5)

   No be dat one wey get back, and front ladder, wey arrange wella?  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__71, Is it not that one that has a back and a front that way ? That is well arranged ?)

   But now evriwia just dey mixed up, dem just dey push us back and front.  — (bbc__23179, __no translation__)

9. det (frequency:5)

   Dem come use big stone block the front.  — (jw__28089, __no translation__)

   But the angel no enter any house wey blood dey the front.  — (jw__38221, __no translation__)

10. case-dep (frequency:4)

    Wi for front, for wi contri.  — (ja102__5600, __no translation__)

    You go comot with your husband, de go dey do baby excuse me for front of your husband.  — (JOS_08_Girls-Wey-No-Sabi-Cook_M__83, You will go out with your husband and they will be saying, baby, excuse me in front of your husband.)

11. aux (frequency:2)

    When dem see sey e don comot, “Simon and the people wey dey with am come go find am.” E be like sey na Peter dey front because na im house Jesus come.— Mark 1:36; Luke 4:38 .  — (jw__32290, __no translation__)

    To prepare dem for wetin dey front, Jesus call im disciples go one corner, come tell dem sey: “See, we dey go up, to Jerusalem, and the Son of man go enter the chief priests and the scribes hand, and dem go sentence am to death.  — (jw__37742, __no translation__)

12. advmod (frequency:2)

    Di man look up, look down, look left, right, front, back,  — (BEN_19a_Man-Must-Wack_DG__81, The man looked up, looked down, looked left, right, front, and back.)

    The chief priest come tell Pilate sey: ‘We dey fear sey some of Jesus disciples go come thief im body and tell us sey e come back to life.’ Na im Pilate tell dem sey: ‘Make una block the stone wey dey front of where dem bury am and make una guide am.’  — (jw__28090, __no translation__)

13. case-cc (frequency:2)

    Now and for front our faith go strong.  — (jw__27475, __no translation__)

    E decide to read di whole Bible – front to back.  — (bbc__44147, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• room 0.60 356, neck 0.57 111, house 0.55 4277, streets 0.55 149, floor 0.54 88, door 0.54 242, hands 0.54 154, compound 0.52 114, head 0.51 1697

Antonyms

• room 0.60 356, neck 0.57 111, house 0.55 4277, streets 0.55 149, floor 0.54 88, door 0.54 242, hands 0.54 154, compound 0.52 114, head 0.51 1697

Translations

• English: be in front, of cloth, the face