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in front

in front

∞ 1.0
At a place ahead of someone or something
  • adverb
  • /ɪn frʌnt/
translation icon : delante de
  • An airport limo pulls to a stop in front of the San Francisco Opera House.
  • stand in front
  • stop in front
  • in front of the mirror

This public bone popping in front of other people?

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Examples

  • Are you ready to get started in front of millions of people?

  • Men are starting to gather on the lawn in front of the control tower.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • And they are doing it all, of course, in front of this child.

  • I want you just to stop, think about the night in front of you, and be honest.

    Mel Robbins

  • There I was, standing right in front of them, the man they were looking for.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I was late, and I lied about it in front of my kid.

    People Like Us (2012)

  • My father sets the Black Forest cake in front of me with a knife.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Read the speech out loud in front of the mirror or in front of another person.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Now I'm here speaking in front of you at Harvard.

  • The teacher stood in front of the class to explain the lesson.

Synonyms

ahead
vsin front
∞ 1.0

In front or moving forward to make progress

is about being closer to another object in space rather than moving
before
vsin front
575 1.0

In front of people or things

is the equivalent two-word phrase used for the same spatial relation
dead ahead
vsin front
14 3.4

Directly in front of you

is about being positioned forward relative to another object rather than exact alignment
out front
vsin front
10 3.4

Ahead of others in a race, game, or area of work

is about simple spatial position relative to another, not competitive leadership
foremost
vsin front
5 3.8

At the very front of a group or place

is a regular forward position relative to another, not the furthest forward

Antonyms

behind
179 1.0

At the back of someone or something

How Far

dead ahead
14 3.4
in front
∞ 1.0
ahead
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

in front positive
in front comparative
in front superlative

Morphology

in + front

The locative meaning 'in a position ahead or at the front' is directly derived from combining 'in' (showing position) with 'front' (the side nearest a viewer), following a standard prepositional + noun composition. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

The phrase in front creates a simple picture: something stands at the front of something else, like a person standing in front of a group and blocking the view. So, it means 'in a position ahead' or 'before' someone or something.