in front of

== English == === Pronunciation === === Preposition === in front of At or near the front part of (something). In the presence of, in view of (someone). Don't fight in front of the children! Located before, ahead of, previous to (someone or something). I'll take the one in front of the black one. Write ‘Professor’ in front of her name. 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), →ISBN, page 1: Several people are in front of me in line. The woman next in front of me is older, probably in her fifties. ==== Synonyms ==== (at or near the front part of): before (in the presence of (someone)): around, in the company of, in the presence of, before (located before): ahead of, before ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “at or near the front part of”): after, behind, in back of (antonym(s) of “in the presence of (someone)”): away from, in the absence of, without (antonym(s) of “located before”): after, behind, in back of ==== Translations ==== === References === “in front of”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press (2003), →ISBN.