This is the 3204th most frequent Arabic word.
امام
"Imam" in English means a leader, particularly in a religious or prayer context in Islam.
The word 'إمام' here refers to a leader in the religious worship, specifically in a mosque setting for leading prayers.
الإمام يقرأ القرآن في المسجد.
The imam is reciting the Quran in the mosque.
The word 'أمام' in this context functions as a preposition, meaning 'in front of' to describe the positional relationship between the school and the library.
المدرسة تقع أمام المكتبة.
The school is located in front of the library.
The word 'أمام' is used here to express a position of being ahead or in front spatially in the context of a competition.