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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forefront \Fore"front'\, noun Foremost part or place.
Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle. --2 Sam. xi. 15.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront for all time, the masters of those who know. --J. C. Shairp.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
forefront
noun
1: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" [syn: {head}]
2: the position of greatest advancement; the leading position in any movement or field [syn: {vanguard}, {cutting edge}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "forefront": advance guard, airhead, anteriority, avant-garde, battle line, beachhead, bold front, brave face, brave front, bridgehead, display, facade, face, facet, facia, farthest outpost, first line, fore, foreground, forehand, foreland, forepart, forequarter, foreside, foreword, front, front elevation, front line, front man, front matter, front page, front rank, front view, front-runner, frontage, frontal, frontier, frontispiece, head, heading, lap, line, obverse, outguard, outpost, pioneer, point, precursor, preface, prefix, priority, proscenium, railhead, scout, spearhead, van, vanguard, window dressing
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