0 the most noticeable or important position: --
His team is at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines.
She was one of the politicians at/in the forefront of the campaign to free the prisoners.
2 the most noticeable or important position in a particular market, activity, or group: --
bring sth/push sth to the forefront Who brought this overbilling to the forefront?
come/move to the forefront UK technology companies are only now coming to the forefront.
at/in the forefront of (doing) sth The company is at the forefront of developing new technology to address CO2 emissions.
She is also credited with nurturing aspects, though these attributes are not always at the forefront of her character.
This did not put gender inequality at the forefront of its campaigns but sought rather to reform society through the dedicated philanthropic effort of women.
This timely book addresses a topic in the forefront of linguistic research for more than 20 years.
At the forefront of this issue, however, are positive ideas and innovative practice where pupils gain a different perspective on music.
However, while measurement and statistical testing of hypotheses had been to the forefront in individual psychology, mathematical modelling was less a feature.
As the world becomes increasingly more bilingual, it is imperative that the cognitive advantages of bilingualism be brought to the forefront of investigation.
These are some of the questions that should be at the forefront of our collective deliberations about medicine and the market.
And in this scene of ease we see on the forefront of the hearth a creature - four-legged, furbedecked and feline.
