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prepositions
 
Noun preposition has 2 senses
  1. 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
    --1 is a kind of     function word, closed-class word
  2. 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)
    --2 is a kind of     place, position
    Derived form: verb prepose1
preposition examples preposition words prepositional prepositional object prepositional phase prepositional phrase prepositional phrases prepositionally prepositions prepositions function prepossess prepossessing prepossession preposssessing prepost preposterou preposterous

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