Preposition

/ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/

Synonyms for "preposition" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

adjectivaladjectiveadverbadverbialadversative conjunctionattributiveconjunctionconjunctive adverb

Strong matches (11)

coordinating conjunctioncopulativecopulative conjunctioncorrelative conjunctiondisjunctivedisjunctive conjunctionexclamatory nounform classform wordfunction class
Noun(1 words)
function word

Related words (19)

gerundiveinterjectionpart of speechparticipleparticlepast participleperfect participlepresent participlesubordinating conjunctionverbal adjective
Adjective(2 words)
grammatical prepositionpositional descriptor
Noun(7 words)
linking wordphrase headphrase starterposition wordprepprepositional headrelational word

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries
closed-class wordfunction wordgrammatical unitgrammatical wordhead wordlinguistic unitpart of speechphrase elementplaceposition

More specific

7 entries
compound prepositional phrasedirection prepositionmanner prepositionplace prepositionprepositional phrase of placeprepositional phrase of timetime preposition

Collocations

6 entries
common prepositionspreposition of directionpreposition of placepreposition of timepreposition practiceprepositional phrase

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries
prepositionalprepositional phrase

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You can omit the preposition in this phrase.

Source: tatoeba (59608)

In English there are eight main parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and finally interjection.

Source: tatoeba (327388)

However, the preposition+relative pronoun (which) part becomes a relative adverb (where).

Source: tatoeba (328875)

Ironically, that old grammar rule that says "never end a sentence with a preposition" does just that!

Source: tatoeba (546934)

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