Definitions for preposition
ˌprɛp əˈzɪʃ ənprepo·si·tion

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. preposition(noun)

   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. preposition(noun)

   (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)

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Preposition(noun)

   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. Preposition(noun)

   a proposition; an exposition; a discourse

Origin: [L. praepositio, fr. praeponere to place before; prae before + ponere to put, place: cf. F. prposition. See Position, and cf. Provost.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Preposition

   prep-ō-zish′un, n. a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to some other word of the sentence.—adj. Preposi′tional.—adv. Preposi′tionally.—adj. Preposi′tive, put before: prefixed.—n. a word or particle put before another word—opp. to Post-positive.—n. Prepos′itor, a school-monitor. [Fr.,—L. præpositio—præ, before, ponĕre, positum, to place.]

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of preposition in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of preposition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of preposition in a Sentence

1. Winston Churchill:

   From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

2. Michael Eric Dyson:

   Aretha Franklin worked above you, aretha Franklin worked beyond you. Get your preposition right.

3. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   A man's attraction towards a woman is propelled by his innate feelings, while a woman is more sort of involved in a mental game, an impossible preposition of sorts, its like playing soccer in a cricket ground!”

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