preposition

prep·o·si·tion ¹  (prp-zshn)

n. Abbr. prep.

A word or phrase placed typically before a substantive and indicating the relation of that substantive to a verb, an adjective, or another substantive, as English at, by, with, from, and in regard to.

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[Middle English preposicioun, from Old French preposicion, from Latin praepositi, praepositin-, a putting before, preposition (translation of Greek prothesis), from praepositus, past participle of praepnere, to put in front : prae-, pre- + pnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: It was John Dryden who first promulgated the doctrine that a preposition may not be used at the end of a sentence, probably on the basis of a specious analogy to Latin. Grammarians in the 18th century refined the doctrine, and the rule has since become one of the most venerated maxims of schoolroom grammar. But sentences ending with prepositions can be found in the works of most of the great writers since the Renaissance. English syntax does allow for final placement of the preposition, as in We have much to be thankful for or I asked her which course she had signed up for. Efforts to rewrite such sentences to place the preposition elsewhere can have stilted and even comical results, as Winston Churchill demonstrated when he objected to the doctrine by saying "This is the sort of English up with which I cannot put." · Sometimes sentences that end with adverbs, such as I don't know where she will end up or It's the most curious book I've ever run across, are mistakenly thought to end in prepositions. One can tell that up and across are adverbs here, not prepositions, by the ungrammaticality of I don't know up where she will end and It's the most curious book across which I have ever run. It has never been suggested that it is incorrect to end a sentence with an adverb.

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pre·po·si·tion ² also pre-po·si·tion  (prp-zshn)

tr.v. pre·po·si·tioned also pre-po·si·tioned, pre·po·si·tion·ing also pre-po·si·tion·ing, pre·po·si·tions also pre-po·si·tions

To position or place in position in advance: artillery that was prepositioned at strategic points in the desert.

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preposition [ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃən]

n

(Linguistics / Grammar) 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 Abbreviation prep

[from Latin praepositiō a putting before, from pōnere to place]

prepositional  adj

prepositionally  adv

Usage: The practice of ending a sentence with a preposition (Venice is a place I should like to go to) was formerly regarded as incorrect, but is now acceptable and is the preferred form in many contexts

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 closed-class word, function word - a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
	2.	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) linguistics - the scientific study of language position, place - an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"

Translations

preposition [ˌprepəˈzɪʃən] N (Ling) → preposición f

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preposition [ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃ^ən] n → préposition f
prepositional phrase [ˌprɛpəzɪʃ^ənəlˈfreɪz] n → locution f prépositionnelle

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preposition

n → Präposition f, → Verhältniswort nt

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preposition [ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃ/ən] n → preposizione f

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preposition [ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃ/ən] n → preposizione f

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preposition

n preposition [prepəˈziʃən]

a word put before a noun or pronoun to show how it is related to another word through the window; in the garden; written by me. voorvoegsel حَرْف جَر предлог předložka præposition die Präposition πρόθεση (γραμμ.) preposición prepositsioon حرف اضافه prepositio préposition מִילַת יַחַס पूर्वसर्ग prijedlog elöljáró kata depan, preposisi forsetning preposizione 前置詞 전치사 prielinksnis prievārds kata depan voorzetsel preposisjon przyimek preposição prepoziţie предлог predložka predlog predlog preposition คำบุพบท edat 介詞，前置詞 прийменник حرف جر giới từ 介词，前置词

adj prepoˈsitional

voorvoegselagtig مُتَضَمِّن حَرْف الجَر предложен předložkový præpositions- präpositional προθετικός, εμπρόθετος preposicional prepositsiooniline وابسته به حرف اضافه prepositio- prépositionnel שֶׁל מִילַת יַחַס पूर्वसर्गीय, पूर्वसर्गिक prijedložan elöljárói, elöljárós berkata depan forsetningar- preposizionale 前置詞の 전치사의, 전치사적인 prielinksnio prievārda- kata depan voorzetsel{#169} preposisjons- przyimkowy preposicional prepoziţional предложный predložkový predložen predloški prepositions- ที่เกี่ยวกับคำบุพบท edatla ilgili, edatlı 介詞的 прийменниковий حرف جر سے متعلق thuộc giới từ 介词的