Definitions from Wiktionary (preposition)
▸ noun: (grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
▸ noun: (grammar, broad sense) An adposition.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
▸ verb: (sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of pre-position. [(transitive) To position (something) ahead of time. (The objects thus positioned are usually supplies, tools, instruments, weapons, or troops.)]
▸ Also see preposition
▸ Words similar to prepositions
▸ Usage examples for prepositions
▸ Idioms related to prepositions
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing prepositions
▸ Words that often appear near prepositions
▸ Rhymes of prepositions
▸ Invented words related to prepositions
▸ noun: (grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
▸ noun: (grammar, broad sense) An adposition.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
▸ verb: (sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of pre-position. [(transitive) To position (something) ahead of time. (The objects thus positioned are usually supplies, tools, instruments, weapons, or troops.)]
▸ Also see preposition
Opposite:
Phrases:
Adjectives:
|
▸ Words similar to prepositions
▸ Usage examples for prepositions
▸ Idioms related to prepositions
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing prepositions
▸ Words that often appear near prepositions
▸ Rhymes of prepositions
▸ Invented words related to prepositions