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English noun: preposition | |||
| 1. | preposition (communication) a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | closed-class word, function word | ||
| 2. | preposition (communication) (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | place, position | ||
| Domain category | linguistics | ||
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