preposition
Meanings
Plural: prepositions
Noun
- 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
- (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)
- 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.
- An adposition.
- A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
Verb
- Alternative spelling of pre-position.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 15
preposition is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpreposition is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
preposition is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
preposition is a valid Words With Friends word