prepositions

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/ˌpɹɛ.pəˈzɪ.ʃənz/

A form of preposition — 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.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

noun

alternative præpositions

  1. pluralplural of preposition
verb

alternative præpositions

  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of preposition
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