preposition

Definition of Preposition in English :

Noun

1. preposition

a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word

2. preposition

(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Preposition

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noun

a word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to relate it grammatically or semantically to some other constituent of a sentence

. Abbreviation: prep

Preposition

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noun

1.

in some languages, a relation or function word, as English in, by, for, with, to, etc., that connects a lexical word, usually a noun or pronoun, or a syntactic construction, to another element of the sentence, as to a verb (Ex.: he went to the store), to a noun (Ex.: the sound of loud music), or to an adjective (Ex.: good for her)

2.

any construction of similar function (Ex.: in back of, equivalent to behind)

Preposition

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n. Abbr. prep.

A word or phrase placed typically before a substantive and indicating the relation of that substantive to a verb, an adjective, or another substantive, as English at, by, with, from, and in regard to.

tr.v. pre·po·si·tioned, pre·po·si·tion·ing, pre·po·si·tions also pre-po·si·tioned or pre-po·si·tion·ing or pre-po·si·tions

To position or place in position in advance: artillery that was prepositioned at strategic points in the desert.

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