Meanings
- At or near the front part of (something).
I jerked the little girl back from in front of a speeding car just in time.
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There’s a bus stop in front of the faculty entrance, right on the same side of the road.
Both parties met in front of the Castle, the torch-bearers numbering nearly one hundred.
1872, Charles Hardwick, Traditions, Superstitions, and FolkloreSynonyms: before
- In the presence of, in view of (someone).
Don't fight in front of the children!
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What happened to me was, right in front of my eyes- I was there with my brother- and right in front of my eyes, they, a team of monkeys came by to this poor guy that sells fruit for a living- and, I don't know, probably that was all his kids were gonna eat from the, you know, the money he had to make, you know, sell the fruit. But all of the sudden just a bunch of monkeys came by robbed the whole thing he had. It was like thirty of them, just robbed him blind the poor guy. He was chasing them all over. He would chase one and they would jump off and then come back and it was like the funniest thing I've ever seen.
2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, quoting Sareen, 11:30 from the start, in Penn RadioSynonyms: around, in the company of, in the presence of, before
- Located before, ahead of, previous to (someone or something).
Write ‘Professor’ in front of her name.
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I'll take the one in front of the black one.
Several people are in front of me in line. The woman next in front of me is older, probably in her fifties.
a. 2002, “Mandi”, quoted in Nicholas E. Brink, Grendel and His Mother: Healing the Traumas of Childhood Through Dreams, Imagery, and Hypnosis, Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. (2002), page 1We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositionAt or near the front part of (something).
prepositionIn the presence of, in view of (someone).
antonym(s) of “at or near the front part of”
antonym(s) of “in the presence of (someone)”
Translations
Ancient Greek ἐνώπιον, ἔμπροσθεν
- ἐνώπιον (enṓpion)at or near the front part of
- ἔμπροσθεν (émprosthen)at or near the front part of
- ἐνώπιον (enṓpion)in the presence of someone
Arabic أَمَامَ, قُدَّامَ
- أَمَامَ (ʔamāma)at or near the front part of
- قُدَّامَ (quddāma)at or near the front part of
- بَيْنَ يَدَيْ (bayna yaday)at or near the front part of
- أَمَامَ (ʔamāma)in the presence of someone
- أَمَامَ (ʔamāma)located before (something else)
Bulgarian пред
- пред (pred)at or near the front part of
Catalan enfront de, davant
- enfront deat or near the front part of
- davantat or near the front part of
- davantin the presence of someone
- davantlocated before (something else)
Chinese Mandarin ...面前, ...面前
- ...面前 (...miànqián)at or near the front part of
- ...面前 (miànqián)in the presence of someone
- ...面前 (... miànqián)located before (something else)
Czech před, před
- předat or near the front part of
- předin the presence of someone
- předlocated before (something else)
Danish foran, foran
- foranat or near the front part of
- foranin the presence of someone
- foranlocated before (something else)
Dutch voor, voor
- voorat or near the front part of
- voorin the presence of someone
- in het bijzijn vanin the presence of someone
- voorlocated before (something else)
Esperanto antaŭ
- antaŭat or near the front part of
Estonian ees
- eesat or near the front part of
Finnish ...-n edessä, ...-n edessä
- ...-n edessäat or near the front part of
- ...-n edessäin the presence of someone
- nähdenin the presence of someone
- -n edessälocated before (something else)
French devant, en face de
- devantat or near the front part of
- en face deat or near the front part of
- devantin the presence of someone
- devantlocated before (something else)
- en face delocated before (something else)
German vor, vor
- vorat or near the front part of
- vorin the presence of someone
- vorlocated before (something else)
Greek μπροστά
- μπροστά (brostá)at or near the front part of
Hindi ... के आगे
- ... के आगे (... ke āge)at or near the front part of
Hungarian előtt, előtt
- előttin the presence of someone
- előttlocated before (something else)
Icelandic fyrir framan, framan við
- fyrir framanat or near the front part of
- framan viðat or near the front part of
Irish ar aghaidh, ar aghaidh
- ar aghaidhat or near the front part of
- ar aghaidhin the presence of someone
- ar aghaidhlocated before (something else)
- ar ceannlocated before (something else)
Italian davanti a, davanti a
- davanti aat or near the front part of
- davanti alocated before (something else)
Japanese ...の前に, ...の前に
- ...の前に (... no mae ni)at or near the front part of
- ...の前に (... no mae ni)in the presence of someone
- ...の前に (... no mae ni)located before (something else)
Korean ...의 앞에, ...의 앞에
- ...의 앞에 (...ui ape)at or near the front part of
- ...의 앞에 (...ui ape)in the presence of someone
- 전에 (jeone)located before (something else)
- ...의 앞에 (...ui ape)located before (something else)
Latin ante, prae
- anteat or near the front part of
- praeat or near the front part of
- proat or near the front part of
- prōin the presence of someone
Lithuanian priešais
- priešaisat or near the front part of
Malay di hadapan
- di hadapanat or near the front part of
Māori kei mua i
- kei mua iat or near the front part of
Norwegian Bokmål foran, fremfor
- foranat or near the front part of
- fremforat or near the front part of
- framforat or near the front part of
- foranlocated before (something else)
- fremforlocated before (something else)
- framforlocated before (something else)
Persian جلوی
- جلوی (jelow-ye)at or near the front part of
Polish przed, przy
- przedat or near the front part of
- przyin the presence of someone
- w obecnościin the presence of someone
- w obliczuin the presence of someone
- przedlocated before (something else)
Portuguese à frente de, ante
- à frente deat or near the front part of
- anteat or near the front part of
- na frente dein the presence of someone
- antein the presence of someone
- na frente delocated before (something else)
Russian пе́ред, пе́ред
- пе́ред (péred)at or near the front part of
- пе́ред (péred)in the presence of someone
- на виду (na vidu)in the presence of someone
- пе́ред (péred)located before (something else)
- впереди́ (vperedí)located before (something else)
- пе́редо (péredo)located before (something else)
- пред (pred)located before (something else)
- наперёд (naperjód)located before (something else)
Scottish Gaelic air beulaibh, air beulaibh
- air beulaibhat or near the front part of
- air beulaibhin the presence of someone
- air beulaibhlocated before (something else)
- rolocated before (something else)
Slovak pred, pred
- predat or near the front part of
- predin the presence of someone
- predlocated before (something else)
Spanish enfrente de, en frente de
- enfrente deat or near the front part of
- en frente deat or near the front part of
- al frente deat or near the front part of
- adelante deat or near the front part of
- delante deat or near the front part of
- delante dein the presence of someone
- enfrente delocated before (something else)
- en frente delocated before (something else)
- al frente delocated before (something else)
- adelante delocated before (something else)
- delante delocated before (something else)
Swedish framför, framför
- framförat or near the front part of
- framförin the presence of someone
- införin the presence of someone
- framförlocated before (something else)
- införlocated before (something else)
Turkish önünde, karşısında
- önündein the presence of someone
- karşısındain the presence of someone
- önündelocated before (something else)
- berisindelocated before (something else)
- gerisindelocated before (something else)
Ukrainian пе́ред
- пе́ред (péred)at or near the front part of
Urdu ... کے آگے
- ... کے آگے (... ke āge)at or near the front part of
Vietnamese phía trước
- phía trướcat or near the front part of
Cite this entry
in front of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20front%20of
“in front of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20front%20of. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in front of,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20front%20of.
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