Pre-position
verb (used with object)
1.
to position in advance or beforehand:
to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
noun
1.
a word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to relate it grammatically or semantically to some other constituent of a sentence prep
preposition definition
A part of speech that indicates the relationship, often spatial, of one word to another. For example, “She paused at the gate”; “This tomato is ripe for picking”; and “They talked the matter over head to head.” Some common prepositions are at, by, for, from, in, into, on, to, and with.
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- Prepositional
noun, Grammar. 1. any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since. noun 1. a word or […]
- Prepositional-phrase
noun, Grammar. 1. a phrase consisting of a preposition, its object, which is usually a noun or a pronoun, and any modifiers of the object, as in the gray desk I use.
- Prepositional-verb
noun, Grammar. 1. a combination of verb and preposition, often with idiomatic meaning, differing from other phrasal verbs in that an object must always follow the preposition, as take after in The children take after their mother.
- Prepositioned
verb (used with object) 1. to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots. noun 1. a word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to relate it grammatically or semantically to some other constituent of a sentence prep preposition definition A part of speech that indicates the […]
- Prepositioning
verb (used with object) 1. to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots. noun 1. a word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to relate it grammatically or semantically to some other constituent of a sentence prep preposition definition A part of speech that indicates the […]