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1. (n.) preposition
a member of a class of words that are typically used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases with adverbial, nominal, or adjectival function, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as on, by, to, with, or since.
2. (v.t.) preposition
to position in advance or beforehand.
Etymology: (1960–65; pre - +position)
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1. (noun) 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
2. (noun) 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)
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1. (noun) preposition
a word used to show time, place, or position
prepositions such as "in", "on", and "to"
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1. (noun) preposition
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
2. (noun) preposition
a proposition; an exposition; a discourse
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Sense: a word put before a noun or pronoun to show how it is related to another word
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 Afrikaans: voorvoegsel |
 Arabic: حَرْف جَر |
 Bulgarian: предлог |
 Brazilian: preposição |
 Czech: předložka |
 German: die Präposition |
 Danish: præposition |
 Greek: πρόθεση (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: preposición |
 Estonian: prepositsioon |
 Farsi: حرف اضافه |
 Finnish: prepositio |
 French: préposition |
 Hebrew: מִילַת יַחַס |
 Hindi: पूर्वसर्ग |
 Croatian: prijedlog |
 Hungarian: elöljáró |
 Indonesian: kata depan, preposisi |
 Icelandic: forsetning |
 Italian: preposizione |
 Japanese: 前置詞 |
 Korean: 전치사 |
 Lithuanian: prielinksnis |
 Latvian: prievārds |
 Malay: kata depan |
 Dutch: voorzetsel |
 Norwegian: preposisjon |
 Polish: przyimek |
 Persian: حرف اضافه |
 Pashto: د اضافه حرف |
 Portuguese: preposição |
 Romanian: prepoziţie |
 Russian: предлог |
 Slovak: predložka |
 Slovenian: predlog |
 Serbian: predlog |
 Swedish: preposition |
 Thai: คำบุพบท |
 Turkish: edat |
 Taiwanese: 介詞，前置詞 |
 Ukrainian: прийменник |
 Urdu: حرف جر |
 Vietnamese: giới từ |
 Chinese: 介词，前置词 |
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