Thesaurus: preposition

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1. n. A word word/employed">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. n. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
3. n. a word/function">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
4. n. (word/linguistics">linguistics) the word/placing">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)
5. 1. (word/gram">Gram.) 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. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [Obs.] He made a long preposition and oration. Fabyan.
6. A word word/employed">employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in anadjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle usedwith a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) tomake a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usuallyplaced before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge ofiron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.
7. n:100 n. a word/function">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 n. (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)