I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English forfrount, forefrount, from for-, fore- + frount front — more at front
: the foremost part or place : vanguard
had lived in the forefront of her time — Virginia Woolf
in the forefront of cultural civilization — G.B.Shaw
II. transitive verb
: to provide with a forefront