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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|pr�p-�-zĭsh'�n, IPA|/�pr�p��zɪ��n/
audio|en-us-preposition.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. 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).
2. 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: ��, �� (jiècí)
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

1. To place in a location before some other event occurs.

#: It is important to preposition the material before turning on the machine.

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Interlingua

Noun
preposition

1. A word that is used in conjunction with a noun or pronoun in order to form a phrase.

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