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preposition
(mass) | preposition
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preposition
(encz) | preposition,předložka n: [lingv.] |
Preposition
(gcide) | Preposition \Prep`o*si"tion\, n. [L. praepositio, fr. praeponere
to place before; prae before + ponere to put, place: cf. F.
pr['e]position. See Position, and cf. Provost.]
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1. (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.
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2. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [Obs.]
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He made a long preposition and oration. --Fabyan.
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preposition
(wn) | preposition
n 1: 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
2: (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) |
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object of a preposition
(encz) | object of a preposition, n: |
prepositional
(encz) | prepositional,předložkový adj: [lingv.] Zdeněk Brož |
prepositional object
(encz) | prepositional object, n: |
prepositional phrase
(encz) | prepositional phrase, |
prepositionally
(encz) | prepositionally, |
prepositions
(encz) | prepositions,předložky n: pl. [lingv.] Zdeněk Brož |
Preposition
(gcide) | Preposition \Prep`o*si"tion\, n. [L. praepositio, fr. praeponere
to place before; prae before + ponere to put, place: cf. F.
pr['e]position. See Position, and cf. Provost.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (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.
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2. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [Obs.]
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He made a long preposition and oration. --Fabyan.
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Prepositional
(gcide) | Prepositional \Prep`o*si"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F.
pr['e]positionnel.]
Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a
preposition. --Early. -- Prep`o*si"tion*al*ly, adv.
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Prepositionally
(gcide) | Prepositional \Prep`o*si"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F.
pr['e]positionnel.]
Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a
preposition. --Early. -- Prep`o*si"tion*al*ly, adv.
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object of a preposition
(wn) | object of a preposition
n 1: the object governed by a preposition [syn: {prepositional
object}, object of a preposition] |
prepositional
(wn) | prepositional
adj 1: of or relating to or formed with a preposition;
"prepositional phrase" |
prepositional object
(wn) | prepositional object
n 1: the object governed by a preposition [syn: {prepositional
object}, object of a preposition] |
prepositional phrase
(wn) | prepositional phrase
n 1: a phrase beginning with a preposition |
prepositionally
(wn) | prepositionally
adv 1: as a preposition |
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