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in front of en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. At or near the front part of (something).
    • I jerked the little girl back from in front of a speeding car just in time.
    • 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 Folklore:
  2. In the presence of, in view of (someone).
    • 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 Radio:
    • Don't fight in front of the children!
  3. Located before, ahead of, previous to (someone or something).
    • We 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:
    • 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 1
    • I'll take the one in front of the black one.
    • Write ‘Professor’ in front of her name.

Antonyms

after (antonym(s) of “at or near the front part of”) · after (antonym(s) of “located before”) · behind (antonym(s) of “located before”) · in back of (antonym(s) of “located before”) · behind (antonym(s) of “at or near the front part of”) · in the absence of (antonym(s) of “in the presence of (someone)”) · away from (antonym(s) of “in the presence of (someone)”) · without (antonym(s) of “in the presence of (someone)”) · in back of (antonym(s) of “at or near the front part of”)

Synonyms

around (in the presence of (someone)) · ahead of (located before) · before (at or near the front part of) · in the company of (in the presence of (someone)) · before (in the presence of (someone)) · before (located before) · in the presence of (in the presence of (someone))

Translations (194)

et ees (at or near the front part of) · nb framfor (at or near the front part of) · nn framføre (located before (something else)) · dsb pśed (at or near the front part of) · la prae (at or near the front part of) · gd air beulaibh (at or near the front part of) · hsb před (at or near the front part of) · is framan við (at or near the front part of) · gl perante (in the presence of someone) · az qarşısında (at or near the front part of) · da foran (at or near the front part of) · ru пе́ред (located before (something else)) · la pro (at or near the front part of) · hu előtt (in the presence of someone) · es delante de (in the presence of someone) · tr gerisinde (located before (something else)) · cs před (located before (something else)) · arz قدام (at or near the front part of) · ja ...の前に (in the presence of someone) · nb foran (located before (something else)) · nn føre (located before (something else)) · ary قدام (at or near the front part of) · az qabağında (at or near the front part of) · ckb بەرامبەر (in the presence of someone) · la prō (in the presence of someone) · tr berisinde (located before (something else)) · es delante de (at or near the front part of) · gd ro (located before (something else)) · ja ...の前に (at or near the front part of) · es adelante de (at or near the front part of) · az önündə (in the presence of someone) · az qabaq (located before (something else)) · be пе́рад (at or near the front part of) · ckb لەبەر ... دا (at or near the front part of) · ar أَمَامَ (in the presence of someone) · eo antaŭ (at or near the front part of) · es enfrente de (at or near the front part of) · az qarşısında (in the presence of someone) · ja ...の前に (located before (something else)) · ar بَيْنَ يَدَيْ (at or near the front part of) · nn framanfor (located before (something else)) · arz قدام (located before (something else)) · sq përpara (located before (something else)) · de vor (located before (something else)) · cmn ...面前 (located before (something else)) · txb ānte (at or near the front part of) · ms di hadapan (at or near the front part of) · ga ar ceann (located before (something else)) · pt ante (in the presence of someone) · ga ar aghaidh (at or near the front part of) · fy foar (located before (something else)) · ary قدام (located before (something else)) · mk пред (at or near the front part of) · es en frente de (located before (something else)) · ko ...의 앞에 (at or near the front part of) · pt ante (at or near the front part of) · ru пе́редо (located before (something else)) · nb framfor (located before (something else)) · nn framanfor (at or near the front part of) · sv inför (in the presence of someone) · nn føre (at or near the front part of) · es enfrente de (located before (something else)) · ar قُدَّامَ (at or near the front part of) · cmn ...面前 (in the presence of someone) · sh pred (at or near the front part of) · nb fremfor (at or near the front part of) · fr devant (at or near the front part of) · ru пе́ред (at or near the front part of) · itk דֵינַאנְצִי (in the presence of someone) · vi phía trước (at or near the front part of) · ckb بەردەم (in the presence of someone) · scn di facci a (located before (something else)) · hi ... के आगे (at or near the front part of) · grc ἐνώπιον (in the presence of someone) · nrf d'vant (located before (something else)) · fi ...-n edessä (in the presence of someone) · wa divant (at or near the front part of) · es al frente de (at or near the front part of) · ko ...의 앞에 (in the presence of someone) · tr karşısında (in the presence of someone) · gd air beulaibh (in the presence of someone) · scn di facci a facci (in the presence of someone) · sk pred (in the presence of someone) · gl ante (in the presence of someone) · sv inför (located before (something else)) · ga ar aghaidh (in the presence of someone) · kmr li ber (at or near the front part of) · nv bidáahgi (at or near the front part of) · da foran (located before (something else)) · nrf d'vànt (at or near the front part of) · ru впереди́ (located before (something else)) · afb جِدّام (at or near the front part of) · ar أَمَامَ (at or near the front part of) · sv framför (at or near the front part of) · nrf d'vànt (located before (something else)) · tr önünde (located before (something else)) · sk pred (at or near the front part of) · fi ...-n edessä (at or near the front part of) · ko 전에 (located before (something else)) · es adelante de (located before (something else)) · pl przed (at or near the front part of) · az önündə (at or near the front part of) · sh пред (at or near the front part of) · pt à frente de (at or near the front part of) · mfe devan (at or near the front part of) · de vor (in the presence of someone) · fi nähden (in the presence of someone) · nn framføre (at or near the front part of) · grc ἐνώπιον (at or near the front part of) · cs před (at or near the front part of) · ar أَمَامَ (located before (something else)) · rup nãnti (located before (something else)) · wa divant (in the presence of someone) · sl pred (at or near the front part of) · lad delantre de (at or near the front part of) · wa divant (located before (something else)) · ps په وړاندې (at or near the front part of) · scn di facci a (at or near the front part of) · nl in het bijzijn van (in the presence of someone) · nrf d'vant (in the presence of someone) · nl voor (at or near the front part of) · fa جلوی (at or near the front part of) · uk пе́ред (at or near the front part of) · ko ...의 앞에 (located before (something else)) · ru пред (located before (something else)) · de vor (at or near the front part of) · bg пред (at or near the front part of) · sv framför (located before (something else)) · pl przed (located before (something else)) · az öncə (located before (something else)) · ca davant (at or near the front part of) · fi -n edessä (located before (something else)) · acw قُدَّام (in the presence of someone) · es en frente de (at or near the front part of) · pt na frente de (located before (something else)) · arz قدام (in the presence of someone) · wa a l' adroet di (located before (something else)) · es delante de (located before (something else)) · twf cʼə́otho (located before (something else)) · my ရှေ့ (at or near the front part of) · cmn ...面前 (at or near the front part of) · da foran (in the presence of someone) · dsb pśed (located before (something else)) · nb fremfor (located before (something else)) · pt na frente de (in the presence of someone) · it davanti a (located before (something else)) · fr en face de (at or near the front part of) · nl voor (located before (something else)) · ur ... کے آگے (at or near the front part of) · fy foar (at or near the front part of) · fr devant (in the presence of someone) · lt priešais (at or near the front part of) · ca davant (located before (something else)) · sv framför (in the presence of someone) · grc ἔμπροσθεν (at or near the front part of) · is fyrir framan (at or near the front part of) · hu előtt (located before (something else)) · pl w obecności (in the presence of someone) · rup nãinti (located before (something else)) · sk pred (located before (something else)) · nn framfor (located before (something else)) · fr en face de (located before (something else)) · fr devant (located before (something else)) · ga ar aghaidh (located before (something else)) · ca davant (in the presence of someone) · acw مُقَابِل (at or near the front part of) · ckb لەبەر (at or near the front part of) · nl voor (in the presence of someone) · ood ba꞉ṣo (at or near the front part of) · yua aktáan (at or near the front part of) · az qabağında (located before (something else)) · nn framfor (at or near the front part of) · pl przy (in the presence of someone) · txb enepre (in the presence of someone) · ca enfront de (at or near the front part of) · tr önünde (in the presence of someone) · rup ninti (roa-rup) (located before (something else)) · nrf d'vànt (in the presence of someone) · ru на виду (in the presence of someone) · ru наперёд (located before (something else)) · az başında (at or near the front part of) · acw قُدَّام (at or near the front part of) · ary قدام (in the presence of someone) · gd air beulaibh (located before (something else)) · nb foran (at or near the front part of) · pl w obliczu (in the presence of someone) · it davanti a (at or near the front part of) · la ante (at or near the front part of) · cs před (in the presence of someone) · ru пе́ред (in the presence of someone) · el μπροστά (at or near the front part of) · io avan (at or near the front part of) · es al frente de (located before (something else)) · nrf d'vant (at or near the front part of)