prepositionnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌprep.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌprep.əˈzɪʃ.ən/B1 in grammar, a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word:
In the sentences "We jumped in the lake", and "She drove slowly down the track", "in" and "down" are prepositions.
More examples
- In the sentence 'The dog jumped over the wall', the word 'over' is a preposition.
- Some prepositions consist of more than one word, such as 'out of'.
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Linguistics: parts of speech
- abstract noun
- adjective
- adjunct
- adv
- article
- collective noun
- common noun
- conjunction
- connective
- definite article
- determiner
- indefinite article
- interjection
- n
- noun phrase
- part of speech
- prep
- pron
- pronoun
- proper noun
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prepositional
adjective [ before noun ] uk/ˌprep.əˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/us/ˌprep.əˈzɪʃ.ən.əl/
a prepositional phrase