In front
In front adverb - At or in the front.
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Preceding and in front are semantically related. in in advance topic. In some cases you can use "Preceding" instead an adverb phrase "In front".
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- A rather amusing version is done in Kung Fu Panda 2: Shifu pulls this off by stepping out from behind Po when in the immediately preceding shot he had been standing in front of Po.
Source: Offscreen Teleportation / Film -
Freedom Planet opens with the main villain leading an invasion into a palace, killing everyone insight, beheading the king in front of his son, and then capping off the intro cutscene by preceding to brainwash said son into his mindless slave!.
Source: R-Rated Opening -
The level designers were apparently aware of this, given that 1-up tokens (which mercifully respawn on death this time, unlike Sonic '06) are often located in front of checkpoints preceding some of the more frustrating sections.
Source: Video Game / Sonic Unleashed
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Preceding and In front. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/in_front/preceding
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