English
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Etymology 1
From L. praepositio, from praeponere (to place before); prae (before) + ponere (to put, place); compare French préposition. (See position, and compare provost.)
Pronunciation
enPR|prÄ�p-É�-zÄsh'É�n, IPA|/Ë�prÉ�pÉ�Ë�zɪÊ�É�n/
audio|en-us-preposition.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- grammar: 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; � so called because it is 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. Prepositions are a heterogeneous class of words, with fuzzy boundaries that tend to overlap with other categories (like verbs, nouns, and adjectives).
- obsolete A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
#:* He made a long preposition and oration � Fabyan
Antonyms
(grammar) postposition
Derived terms
preposition of time
preposition of place
prepositional
prepositionally
prepositional phrase
prepositioned direct object
prepositive
Related terms
adposition
circumpositions
postposition
Translations
Chinese: ä»�è©�, ä»�è¯� (jiècÃ)
Croatian: prijedlog m, prepozicija f
Czech: p�edložka f
Danish: forholdsord, præposition
Dutch: voorzetsel n
Estonian: ettepanek
French: préposition
Frisian: ferhâldingswurd n
German: Präposition f
Greek, Ancient: ���θε�ι� (próthesis) f
Icelandic: forsetning f
Indonesian: kata depan
Interlingua: preposition
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Italian: preposizione f
Japanese: �置� (����, zenchishi)
Kurdish: daçek f
Latin: praepositio f
Norwegian: preposisjon m
Novial: prepositione
Polish: przyimek m
Portuguese: preposição f
Romanian: prepoziţie f
Russian: п�едлог (predlóg) m
Spanish: preposición f
Swedish: preposition c
See also
preverb
Etymology 2
From pre- + position
Alternative spellings
pre-position
Pronunciation
IPA|/�pri�p��zɪ��n/
Verb
en-verb
- To place in a location before some other event occurs.
#: It is important to preposition the material before turning on the machine.
Category:English heteronyms
Interlingua
Noun
preposition
- A word that is used in conjunction with a noun or pronoun in order to form a phrase.
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