prepositional phrase

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n. Abbr. PP

A phrase that consists of a preposition and its object and has adjectival or adverbial value, such as in the house in the people in the house or by him in The book was written by him.

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prepositional phrase - a phrase beginning with a preposition

phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

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