foreanent

== English == === Alternative forms === forenent, fornent, forenenst === Etymology === From fore +‎ anent. === Preposition === foreanent (Scotland, obsolete) Over against; opposite to. Acts James VI Utheris inhabiting the bordouris fore-anent England. == Scots == === Etymology === fore +‎ anent (“fronting, opposite, over against”) === Preposition === foreanent over against, opposite to === Adverb === foreanent (not comparable) on the opposite side