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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'preposition' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions preposition 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 and oration " Fabyan Translations:  Dutch: voorzetsel French: préposition German: Prí¤position Italian: preposizione Spanish: preposición verb  To place in a location before some other event occurs. It is important to the material before turning on the machine.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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