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Prepositions

/ˌpɹɛ.poʊ.ˈzɪ.ʃənz/

(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.

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noun
  1. 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. 2

    A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.

verb
  1. 1

    To place in a location before some other event occurs.

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

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