Definition of prepositions Prepositions
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What does prepositions mean?
Wiktionary 
- prepositions (Noun)
Plural of preposition.
Part of speech
š¤- prepositions, noun, plural of preposition.
WordNet
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| 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) | ||
| place, position an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" | ||
| linguistics the humanistic study of language and literature | ||
| 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 | ||
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Wiktionary
- preposition (Noun)
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. - preposition (Noun)
A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. - preposition (Verb)
To place in a location before some other event occurs.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- preposition (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. - preposition (n.)
A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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preposition
A word or phrase able to connect a following noun or noun phrase (and often other parts of the speech) as a complement to some other part of the sentence, expressing a relation between them.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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preposition
prep-Å-zishā²un, n. a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to some other word of the sentence.āadj. Preposiā²tional.āadv. Preposiā²tionally.āadj. Preposiā²tive, put before: prefixed.ān. a word or particle put before another wordāopp. to Post-positive.ān. Preposā²itor, a school-monitor. [Fr.,āL. prƦpositioāprƦ, before, ponÄre, positum, to place.]
Wikipedia 
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Prepositions are words or word groups which begin a noun phrase with more than one word. Most prepositions tell where or when, or show possession.
Prepositions like "in", "beside", "above", and "out of" all tell "where", and are usually used with nouns or pronouns. Some examples with the phrases underlined: "The man sat "close to" his wife. He put his arm "around" her shoulder. Then he kissed her "on" the cheek."
Prepositions like "right after", "until", "during", and "before" all tell "when". "Mr. Prasad had an important meeting "until" ten o'clock. "During" the meeting, his cell phone rang. It was his wife. She asked him to come straight home "right after" work."
The prepositions "of" and "to" are used to show possession, or "belonging-to": "This book belongs "to Vlad." The cover "of the book" is torn."
Part of speech
š¤- preposition, noun, singular of prepositions.
