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Definition of Preposition
1. Noun. 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. Noun. (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).
Definition of Preposition
1. n. A word employed to connect a 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; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.
Definition of Preposition
1. Noun. (grammar) Any of a closed class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a 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. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. ¹
3. Verb. To place in a location before some other event occurs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preposition
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preposition
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