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Definition of Prepositional

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or formed with a preposition. "Prepositional phrase"

Definition of Prepositional

1. a. Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition.

Definition of Prepositional

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition. ¹

2. Adjective. (grammar) Of the prepositional case. ¹

3. Noun. (grammar) The prepositional case. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prepositional

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prepositional

Literary usage of Prepositional

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"In a number of words the prepositional phrase here represents an older simple gen. ... Double prepositional Object. A verb quite frequently has a double ..."

2. A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical by Henry Sweet (1903)
"prepositional GENITIVE. 2102. The prepositional genitive (of me) is generally used instead of the possessive (my) in the objective (2000) meaning: / cannot ..."

3. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"Hence the decision on the close connection of the prepositional member with the ... And thus they also admit prepositional members: What i» he at the gate? ..."

4. A Working Grammar of the English Language: Designed to Give in Simple by James Champlin Fernald (1917)
"prepositional PHRASES A prepositional phrase is composed of a preposition ... If the prepositional phrase modifies a noun or a pronoun as an adjective does, ..."

5. Syntax of Early Latin by Charles Edwin Bennett (1914)
"They rarely take the accusative or prepositional phrases as alternative constructions. Of the other compounds, those with com- show greater hospitality ..."

6. The Expression of Purpose in Old English Prose by Hubert Gibson Shearin (1903)
"However, occasionally the prepositional form is met with in Old English. ... 124; Grimm, Gram. iv. 108; Köhler, Germ. xii. 436). The prepositional ..."

7. The Expression of Purpose in Old English Prose by Hubert Gibson Shearin (1903)
"THE prepositional INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE (524) Under this head will be discussed: ... A. The Composition of the prepositional Infinitive expressing Purpose. ..."

8. Essential Studies in English by Carolyn M. Robbins, Robert Keable Row (1907)
"CHAPTER VIII prepositional PHRASES STUDY 105 The prepositional Phrase I. The ... A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition, the word or words which ..."

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