preposition
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preposition¹
- /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
Where it comes from
From Middle English preposicioun, from Old French preposicion, from Latin praepositio, praepositionem, from praepono (“to place before”), equivalent to pre- + position. Compare French préposition. So called because it is placed before the word with which it is phrased, as in a bridge of iron, he comes from town, it is good for food, he escaped by running.
noun prepositions · præposition
- Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following 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. 322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
- An adposition.
- A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. […] he made a longe preposicion & oracion cōcernynge yͤ allegiaūce which he exortyd his lordes to owe
preposition²
- /ˈpɹiːpəˌzɪʃən/
verb prepositions · prepositioning · prepositioned · pre-position
- Alternative spelling of pre-position It is important to preposition the material before turning on the machine.
Translations
Every language
noun grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
| Español | preposición |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 전치사 jeonchisa |
| 日本語 | 前置詞 zenchishi |
| 中文 | 介詞 /介词 jiècí, 前置詞 /前置词 qiánzhìcí |
| हिन्दी | पूर्वसर्ग pūrvasarg |
| Kiswahili | kihusishi |
| Português | preposição |
| Français | préposition |
| Deutsch | Präposition, Verhältniswort, Vorwort, Lagewort |
| Italiano | preposizione |
| Ελληνικά | πρόθεση próthesi |
| Română | prepoziție |
| Русский | предло́г predlóg |
| Tiếng Việt | giới từ |
| العربية | جَارّ jārr, حَرْف جَرّ ḥarf jarr |
| עברית | מילת יחס, מִלַּת יַחַס milát yákhas |
noun position of a word
| Español | preposición |
|---|
verb to place in a location before some other event occurs
| Português | pré-posicionar |
|---|---|
| Français | prépositionner |
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title = {preposition},
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