Definition of "in front of"

in front of

preposition
1. At or near the front part of (something).
  Quotations
  Both parties met in front of the Castle, the torch-bearers numbering nearly one hundred.
  1872, Charles Hardwick, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folklore‎
2. In the presence of, in view of (someone).
3. Located before, ahead of, previous to (someone or something).
  Quotations
  Several people are in front of me in line. The woman next in front of me is older, probably in her fifties.
  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), page 1