façade — meaning in English

English meaning

• facade noun The front exterior wall of a building.
• front noun The forward-facing part or side of something.

Senses

façade is used for these senses in English:

• facade (figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
• facade (programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.
• front A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

facade — full definition

1. noun The front exterior wall of a building.
2. noun A false or misleading outward appearance that hides someone's true feelings or a situation's true nature.

front — full definition

1. noun The forward-facing part or side of something.
2. noun A field of activity or effort, especially when several are happening at once.
3. noun A person, business, or activity that conceals something else, usually illegal.
4. noun A false or fake appearance put on to impress or mislead others.
5. noun Weather: the boundary between two air masses of different temperature, often bringing rain.

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