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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun preposition has 2 senses
- preposition(n = noun.communication) - 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; is a kind of closed-class word, function word
- preposition(n = noun.communication) - (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); is a kind of place, position
Derived form verb prepose1
CIDE DICTIONARY
preposition, n. [L. praepositio, fr. praeponere to place before; prae before + ponere to put, place: cf. F. préposition. See Position, and cf. Provost.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [1913 Webster]"He made a long preposition and oration." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
preposition, n. Gram. a word governing (and usu. preceding) a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element, as in: 'the man on the platform', 'came after dinner', 'what did you do it for?'.
Derivative
prepositional adj. prepositionally adv.
Etymology
ME f. L praepositio f. praeponere praeposit- (as PRAE-, ponere place)
THESAURUS
preposition
adjectival, adjective, adverb, adverbial, adversative conjunction, attributive, conjunction, conjunctive adverb, coordinating conjunction, copulative, copulative conjunction, correlative conjunction, disjunctive, disjunctive conjunction, exclamatory noun, form class, form word, function class, gerundive, interjection, part of speech, participle, particle, past participle, perfect participle, present participle, subordinating conjunction, verbal adjective
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