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 'أمام' is used here to express a position of being ahead or in front spatially in the context of a competition.
تقدم اللاعب أمام الجميع في السباق.
The player advanced in front of everyone in the race.
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.