preposition

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Pronunciation

• enPR: prĕp-ə-zĭsh'ən, IPA: /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/

Noun

preposition (plural prepositions)

1. (grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words 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.
2. (obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.

Related terms

• prepose
• prepositive

Translations

• French: préposition
• German: Präposition, Verhältniswort, Vorwort, Lagewort
• Italian: preposizione
• Portuguese: preposição
• Russian: предло́г
• Spanish: preposición

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɹiːpəˌzɪʃən/

Verb

preposition (prepositions, present participle prepositioning; past and past participle prepositioned)

1. To place in a location before some other event occurs.

   It is important to preposition the material before turning on the machine.

Translations

• French: prépositionner
• Portuguese: pré-posicionar

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