in front

Ahead of other people or things in position, progress, or a competition.

• Our team is in front.
• The red car stayed in front throughout the race.
• Who is in front of you in the queue?

How to use it: in front of someone/something (Our team is in front of the other teams.)

Similar words: ahead, in the lead

Opposites: behind

Common phrases: stay in front, in front of someone

In a position before someone where they can see you or something.

• Keep your hands in front of you.
• She put the photo in front of me.
• He held his ticket in front so the guard could see it.

How to use it: in front of someone (She held the drawing in front of him.)

Similar words: in view

Common phrases: in front of someone, stand in front

Further forward than someone or something, along the direction of movement.

• A dog ran in front of us.
• She stood in front of me in the queue.
• Do not step in front of a moving car.

How to use it: in front of someone/something (A cyclist rode in front of our bus.)

Similar words: ahead of, before

Opposites: behind

Common phrases: in front of someone, in front of something

On the side that someone or something faces.

• She stood in front of the mirror.
• There is a tree in front of our house.
• He sat in front of the screen all evening.

How to use it: in front of someone/something (We waited in front of the main entrance.)

Similar words: before

Opposites: behind

Common phrases: in front of something, in front of someone