You can omit the preposition in this phrase.
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Preposition
//ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən//
Synonyms for "preposition" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
2 entriesdistinct from
4 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
123 translations across 90 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- voorsetsel noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Albanian
1 entries- parafjalë noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Amharic
1 entries- መስተዋድድ noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρόθεσις noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Arabic
3 entries- جَارّ noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- حرف جر noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- حَرْف جَرّ noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Aragonese
1 entries- preposición noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Armenian
2 entries- կապ noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- նախդիր noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Asturian
1 entries- preposición noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sözönü noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Belarusian
1 entries- прыназо́ўнік noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Bengali
1 entries- পদান্বয়ী অব্যয় noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Breton
1 entries- araogenn noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Bulgarian
1 entries- предло́г noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Catalan
1 entries- preposició noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Chechen
1 entries- предлог noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 介詞 /介词 noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- 前置詞 /前置词 noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 介詞 /介词 noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- 前置詞 /前置词 noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Czech
2 entries- prepozice noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- předložka noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Danish
2 entries- forholdsord noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- præposition noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Dutch
2 entries- kastwoord noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- voorzetsel noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Esperanto
1 entries- prepozicio noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Estonian
1 entries- eessõna noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Faroese
1 entries- fyriseting noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Finnish
1 entries- prepositio noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
French
2 entries- préposition noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- prépositionner verb (to place in a location before some other event occurs)
Galician
1 entries- preposición noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Georgian
2 entries- პრეპოზიცია noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- წინდებული noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
German
4 entries- Lagewort noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- Präposition noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- Verhältniswort noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- Vorwort noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Greek
1 entries- πρόθεση noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Hawaiian
2 entries- ʻinaleo noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- ʻinawaena noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Hebrew
2 entries- מִלַּת יַחַס noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- מילת יחס noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Hindi
1 entries- पूर्वसर्ग noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Hungarian
2 entries- elöljáró noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- elöljárószó noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Icelandic
1 entries- forsetning noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Ido
1 entries- prepoziciono noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Indonesian
2 entries- kata depan noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- kata depan noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Ingrian
2 entries- esisana noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- prepositsia noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Interlingua
1 entries- preposition noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Iranian Persian
1 entries- حَرْفِ اِضافِه noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Irish
1 entries- réamhfhocal noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Italian
1 entries- preposizione noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Japanese
1 entries- 前置詞 noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Kabyle
1 entries- tanzeɣt noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Kazakh
2 entries- демеулік noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- предлог noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Khmer
1 entries- ធ្នាក់ noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Korean
1 entries- 전치사 noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Kyrgyz
1 entries- предлог noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Lao
1 entries- ຄຳເຊື່ອມ noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Latin
1 entries- praepositio noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Latvian
2 entries- prepozīcija noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- prievārds noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Ligurian
1 entries- prepoxiçión noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Lithuanian
1 entries- prielinksnis noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Macedonian
1 entries- предлог noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Malay
2 entries- kata depan noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- kata sendi nama noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Malayalam
1 entries- ഗതി noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Middle English
1 entries- preposicion noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Mongolian
1 entries- угтвар үг noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Norman
1 entries- préposition noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- daçek noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- preposisjon noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- preposisjon noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Old English
1 entries- fōresetnes noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- применовнїк noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Polish
3 entries- przyimek noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- umieszczać z wyprzedzeniem verb (to place in a location before some other event occurs)
- umieścić z wyprzedzeniem verb (to place in a location before some other event occurs)
Portuguese
2 entries- preposição noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- pré-posicionar verb (to place in a location before some other event occurs)
Romanian
1 entries- prepoziție noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Russian
1 entries- предло́г noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- roimhear noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prepozícija noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- prijédlog noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- prédlog noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- пре́длог noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Slovak
1 entries- predložka noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Slovene
1 entries- prêdlog noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Spanish
1 entries- preposición noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Swahili
1 entries- kihusishi noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Tagalog
1 entries- pang-ukol noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Tajik
1 entries- пешоянд noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Thai
2 entries- บุพบท noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- บุรพบท noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Tigrinya
1 entries- መስተዋድድ noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Turkish
2 entries- edat noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- ilgeç noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Turkmen
2 entries- predlog noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- prepozisiýa noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Ukrainian
1 entries- прийме́нник noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Urdu
2 entries- حَرْفِ جار noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
- حَرْفِ جَر noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Uyghur
1 entries- ئالدى قوشۇلغۇچى noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Uzbek
1 entries- predlog noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Vietnamese
1 entries- giới từ noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Volapük
1 entries- präpod noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Walloon
1 entries- divancete noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Welsh
1 entries- arddodiad noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
West-Frisian
1 entries- ferhâldingswurd noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Yiddish
1 entries- פּרעפּאָזיציע noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Yoruba
1 entries- ọ̀rọ̀-atọ́kùn noun (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
Sample sentences
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In English there are eight main parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and finally interjection.
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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!
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