voyelle fermée antérieure arrondie

Phonetic: "/kləʊz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An end or conclusion.

Example: We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.

Definition: The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

Definition: A grapple in wrestling.

Definition: The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

Definition: A double bar marking the end.

Definition: (travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

Phonetic: "/kləʊz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (physical) To remove a gap.

Definition: (social) To finish, to terminate.

Definition: To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.

Definition: To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

Phonetic: "/fɹʌnt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

Definition: The side of a building with the main entrance.

Definition: A field of activity.

Definition: A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

Example: Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.

Definition: The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.

Definition: An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

Definition: The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.

Definition: The direction of the enemy.

Definition: When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

Definition: A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

Definition: Cheek; boldness; impudence.

Definition: An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.

Example: He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front.

Definition: That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

Definition: The most conspicuous part.

Definition: The beginning.

Definition: A seafront or coastal promenade.

Definition: The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

Definition: (hotels) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.

Definition: (in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).

Phonetic: "/fɹʌnt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.

Definition: To face, be opposite to.

Definition: To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

Definition: To adorn the front of; to put on the front.

Definition: To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

Definition: To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.

Definition: To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

Definition: To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

Definition: To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

Definition: To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

Definition: To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).

Definition: To appear before.

Example: to front court

Phonetic: "/fɹʌnt/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Located at or near the front.

Example: The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.

Definition: Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).

Example: The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects.

Phonetic: "/ˈɹaʊndɪd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To shape something into a curve.

Example: The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.

Definition: To become shaped into a curve.

Definition: (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.

Example: She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.

Definition: To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.

Example: Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.

Definition: To turn past a boundary.

Example: Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.

Definition: To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).

Example: As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.

Definition: To advance to home plate.

Example: And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.

Definition: To go round, pass, go past.

Definition: To encircle; to encompass.

Definition: To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

Definition: To do ward rounds.

Definition: To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.

Definition: To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Phonetic: "/ˈɹaʊndɪd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.

Definition: To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

Phonetic: "/ˈɹaʊndɪd/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Made into a circle or sphere.

Definition: Complete or balanced.

Definition: Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.

Definition: Ending in a broad arch.

Definition: (of a vowel etc.) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.

Example: The sound /u/ is a rounded vowel.

Phonetic: "/vaʊl/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.

Definition: A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

Phonetic: "/vaʊl/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic)