Definition of Preposition

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Preposition

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.

A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.

Related Definitions:

Adjectival, Adverbial, Always, An, As, Because, Before, Bridge, By, Called, Case, Comes, Connect, Discourse, Employed, English, Escaped, Exposition, Food, For, From, Good, He, In, Iron, Is, It, Limiting, Make, Noun, Objective, Of, Or, Other, Particle, Phrase, Phrased, Placed, Pronoun, Proposition, Running, Sense, So, Some, The, To, Town, Used, Which, With, Word

Preposition Translations

preposition in Dutch is voorzetsel
preposition in Swedish is preposition

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