See Also: to 2, preposition(dictionary)
for 1, preposition(dictionary)
given 3, preposition(dictionary)
gone 3, preposition(dictionary)
less 3, preposition(dictionary)
like 1, preposition(dictionary)
out 2, preposition(dictionary)
on 1, preposition(dictionary)
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plus 1, preposition(dictionary)

preposition (iou)



preposition noun. In sense 3 now usu. pre-position. LME.
[Latin praepositio(n-) putting in front, (translation of Greek prothesis) preposition, from praeponere: see PRE-, POSITION noun.]
Grammar. One of the traditional parts of speech, an indeclinable word governing (and usu. preceding) a noun, pronoun, etc., and expressing a relation between it and another word, e.g. Stratford on Avon, good for food, come after dinner, what did you do it for? Also, such a word when combined as prefix with a verb or other word. LME.
postpositive preposition a preposition which follows its noun, e.g. he goes homewards.
b. Any word or particle prefixed to another word; a prefix. M16-M17.
[By confusion of pre- and pro-.] A proposition; an exposition. L15-M16.
Chiefly Linguistics. The action of placing in front; the fact of being so placed, position in front. L16.
b. A thing placed in front. M17-E19.
prepositional adjective of, pertaining to, or expressed by a preposition; formed with or functioning as a preposition; Grammar designating or pertaining to a case (in Russian etc.) of nouns and pronouns (and words in agreement with them) used after certain prepositions: M19.
prepositionally adverb M19.
prepositionless adjective M20.