in front

devant, en tête

Devant les autres par sa position, son avancement ou dans une compétition.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : in front of someone/something (Our team is in front of the other teams.)

Synonymes : ahead, in the lead

Contraires : behind

Expressions courantes : stay in front, in front of someone

devant, à la vue

Devant quelqu’un, à un endroit où cette personne peut vous voir ou voir quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : in front of someone (She held the drawing in front of him.)

Synonymes : in view

Expressions courantes : in front of someone, stand in front

devant

Plus loin que quelqu’un ou quelque chose dans la direction du déplacement.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : in front of someone/something (A cyclist rode in front of our bus.)

Synonymes : ahead of, before

Contraires : behind

Expressions courantes : in front of someone, in front of something

devant

Du côté vers lequel une personne regarde ou un objet est tourné.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : in front of someone/something (We waited in front of the main entrance.)

Synonymes : before

Contraires : behind

Expressions courantes : in front of something, in front of someone