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in front of

prep · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

prep

Meaning 1

At or near the front part of (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There’s a bus stop in front of the faculty entrance, right on the same side of the road.
  • I jerked the little girl back from in front of a speeding car just in time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep

Meaning 2

In the presence of, in view of (someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Don't fight in front of the children!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

prep

Meaning 3

Located before, ahead of, previous to (someone or something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I'll take the one in front of the black one.
  • Write ‘Professor’ in front of her name.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

193 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَمَامَ (ʔamāma) — at or near the front part of
  • Arabic: قُدَّامَ (quddāma) — at or near the front part of
  • Arabic: بَيْنَ يَدَيْ (bayna yaday) — at or near the front part of
  • Arabic: قدام (ʔodām) — at or near the front part of
  • Arabic: جِدّام (jiddām) — at or near the front part of
  • Arabic: قُدَّام (guddām) — at or near the front part of
  • Arabic: مُقَابِل (mugābil) — at or near the front part of
  • Arabic: قدام (quddām) — at or near the front part of
  • Azerbaijani: qabağında — at or near the front part of
  • Azerbaijani: qarşısında — at or near the front part of
  • Azerbaijani: başında — at or near the front part of
  • Azerbaijani: önündə — at or near the front part of
  • Belarusian: пе́рад (pjérad) — at or near the front part of
  • Bulgarian: пред (pred) — at or near the front part of
  • Burmese: ရှေ့ (hre.) — at or near the front part of
  • Catalan: enfront de — at or near the front part of
  • Catalan: davant — at or near the front part of
  • Chinese Mandarin: ...面前 (...miànqián) — at or near the front part of
  • Czech: před — at or near the front part of
  • Danish: foran — at or near the front part of
  • Dutch: voor — at or near the front part of
  • Esperanto: antaŭ — at or near the front part of
  • Estonian: ees — at or near the front part of
  • Finnish: ...-n edessä — at or near the front part of
  • French: devant — at or near the front part of
  • French: en face de — at or near the front part of
  • West-Frisian: foar — at or near the front part of
  • German: vor — at or near the front part of
  • Greek: μπροστά (brostá) — at or near the front part of
  • Ancient Greek: ἐνώπιον (enṓpion) — at or near the front part of
  • Ancient Greek: ἔμπροσθεν (émprosthen) — at or near the front part of
  • Hindi: ... के आगे (... ke āge) — at or near the front part of
  • Icelandic: fyrir framan — at or near the front part of
  • Icelandic: framan við — at or near the front part of
  • Ido: avan — at or near the front part of
  • Irish: ar aghaidh — at or near the front part of
  • Italian: davanti a — at or near the front part of
  • Japanese: ...の前に (... no mae ni) — at or near the front part of
  • Korean: ...의 앞에 (...ui ape) — at or near the front part of
  • Central Kurdish: لەبەر (leber) — at or near the front part of
  • Central Kurdish: لەبەر ... دا (leber ... da) — at or near the front part of
  • Northern Kurdish: li ber — at or near the front part of
  • Ladino: delantre de — at or near the front part of
  • Latin: ante — at or near the front part of
  • Latin: prae — at or near the front part of
  • Latin: pro — at or near the front part of
  • Lithuanian: priešais — at or near the front part of
  • Macedonian: пред (pred) — at or near the front part of
  • Malay: di hadapan — at or near the front part of
  • Mauritian Creole: devan — at or near the front part of
  • Navajo: bidáahgi — at or near the front part of
  • Norman: d'vànt — at or near the front part of
  • Norman: d'vant — at or near the front part of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: foran — at or near the front part of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fremfor — at or near the front part of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: framfor — at or near the front part of
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: føre — at or near the front part of
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framfor — at or near the front part of
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framføre — at or near the front part of
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framanfor — at or near the front part of
  • O'odham: ba꞉ṣo — at or near the front part of
  • Pashto: په وړاندې (pë wrândai) — at or near the front part of
  • Persian: جلوی (jelu-ye) — at or near the front part of
  • Polish: przed — at or near the front part of
  • Portuguese: à frente de — at or near the front part of
  • Portuguese: ante — at or near the front part of
  • Russian: пе́ред (péred) — at or near the front part of
  • Scottish Gaelic: air beulaibh — at or near the front part of
  • Serbo-Croatian: пред — at or near the front part of
  • Serbo-Croatian: pred — at or near the front part of
  • Sicilian: di facci a — at or near the front part of
  • Slovak: pred — at or near the front part of
  • Slovene: pred — at or near the front part of
  • Lower Sorbian: pśed — at or near the front part of
  • Upper Sorbian: před — at or near the front part of
  • Spanish: en frente de — at or near the front part of
  • Spanish: delante de — at or near the front part of
  • Spanish: enfrente de — at or near the front part of
  • Spanish: adelante de — at or near the front part of
  • Swedish: framför — at or near the front part of
  • Tocharian B: ānte — at or near the front part of
  • Ukrainian: пе́ред (péred) — at or near the front part of
  • Urdu: ... کے آگے (... ke āge) — at or near the front part of
  • Vietnamese: phía trước — at or near the front part of
  • Walloon: divant — at or near the front part of
  • Yucatec Maya: aktáan — at or near the front part of
  • Arabic: أَمَامَ (ʔamāma) — in the presence of someone
  • Arabic: قدام (ʔodām) — in the presence of someone
  • Arabic: قُدَّام (guddām) — in the presence of someone
  • Arabic: قدام (quddām) — in the presence of someone
  • Azerbaijani: qarşısında — in the presence of someone
  • Azerbaijani: önündə — in the presence of someone
  • Catalan: davant — in the presence of someone
  • Chinese Mandarin: ...面前 (miànqián) — in the presence of someone
  • Czech: před — in the presence of someone
  • Danish: foran — in the presence of someone
  • Dutch: voor — in the presence of someone
  • Dutch: in het bijzijn van — in the presence of someone
  • Finnish: ...-n edessä — in the presence of someone
  • Finnish: nähden — in the presence of someone
  • French: devant — in the presence of someone
  • Galician: ante — in the presence of someone
  • Galician: perante — in the presence of someone
  • German: vor — in the presence of someone
  • Ancient Greek: ἐνώπιον (enṓpion) — in the presence of someone
  • Hungarian: előtt — in the presence of someone
  • Irish: ar aghaidh — in the presence of someone
  • Japanese: ...の前に (... no mae ni) — in the presence of someone
  • Judeo-Italian: דֵינַאנְצִי — in the presence of someone
  • Korean: ...의 앞에 (...ui ape) — in the presence of someone
  • Central Kurdish: بەرامبەر (beramber) — in the presence of someone
  • Central Kurdish: بەردەم (berdem) — in the presence of someone
  • Latin: prō — in the presence of someone
  • Norman: d'vànt — in the presence of someone
  • Norman: d'vant — in the presence of someone
  • Polish: przy — in the presence of someone
  • Polish: w obecności — in the presence of someone
  • Polish: w obliczu — in the presence of someone
  • Portuguese: na frente de — in the presence of someone
  • Portuguese: ante — in the presence of someone
  • Russian: пе́ред (péred) — in the presence of someone
  • Russian: на виду (na vidu) — in the presence of someone
  • Scottish Gaelic: air beulaibh — in the presence of someone
  • Sicilian: di facci a facci — in the presence of someone
  • Slovak: pred — in the presence of someone
  • Spanish: delante de — in the presence of someone
  • Spanish: ante — in the presence of someone
  • Swedish: framför — in the presence of someone
  • Swedish: inför — in the presence of someone
  • Tocharian B: enepre — in the presence of someone
  • Turkish: önünde — in the presence of someone
  • Turkish: karşısında — in the presence of someone
  • Walloon: divant — in the presence of someone
  • Albanian: përpara — located before (something else)
  • Arabic: أَمَامَ (ʔamāma) — located before (something else)
  • Arabic: قدام (ʔodām) — located before (something else)
  • Arabic: قدام (quddām) — located before (something else)
  • Aromanian: nãnti — located before (something else)
  • Aromanian: ninti (roa-rup) — located before (something else)
  • Aromanian: nãinti — located before (something else)
  • Azerbaijani: qabağında — located before (something else)
  • Azerbaijani: qabaq — located before (something else)
  • Azerbaijani: öncə — located before (something else)
  • Catalan: davant — located before (something else)
  • Chinese Mandarin: ...面前 (... miànqián) — located before (something else)
  • Czech: před — located before (something else)
  • Danish: foran — located before (something else)
  • Dutch: voor — located before (something else)
  • Finnish: -n edessä — located before (something else)
  • French: devant — located before (something else)
  • French: en face de — located before (something else)
  • West-Frisian: foar — located before (something else)
  • German: vor — located before (something else)
  • Hungarian: előtt — located before (something else)
  • Irish: ar aghaidh — located before (something else)
  • Irish: ar ceann — located before (something else)
  • Italian: davanti a — located before (something else)
  • Japanese: ...の前に (... no mae ni) — located before (something else)
  • Korean: 전에 (jeone) — located before (something else)
  • Korean: ...의 앞에 (...ui ape) — located before (something else)
  • Norman: d'vànt — located before (something else)
  • Norman: d'vant — located before (something else)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: foran — located before (something else)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fremfor — located before (something else)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: framfor — located before (something else)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: føre — located before (something else)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framfor — located before (something else)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framføre — located before (something else)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framanfor — located before (something else)
  • Polish: przed — located before (something else)
  • Portuguese: na frente de — located before (something else)
  • Russian: пе́ред (péred) — located before (something else)
  • Russian: впереди́ (vperedí) — located before (something else)
  • Russian: пе́редо (péredo) — located before (something else)
  • Russian: пред (pred) — located before (something else)
  • Russian: наперёд (naperjód) — located before (something else)
  • Scottish Gaelic: air beulaibh — located before (something else)
  • Scottish Gaelic: ro — located before (something else)
  • Sicilian: di facci a — located before (something else)
  • Slovak: pred — located before (something else)
  • Lower Sorbian: pśed — located before (something else)
  • Spanish: en frente de — located before (something else)
  • Spanish: delante de — located before (something else)
  • Spanish: enfrente de — located before (something else)
  • Spanish: adelante de — located before (something else)
  • Swedish: framför — located before (something else)
  • Swedish: inför — located before (something else)
  • Taos: cʼə́otho — located before (something else)
  • Turkish: önünde — located before (something else)
  • Turkish: berisinde — located before (something else)
  • Turkish: gerisinde — located before (something else)
  • Walloon: divant — located before (something else)
  • Walloon: a l' adroet di — located before (something else)