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preposition

noun

1 preposition

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.

Dutch: prepositie, voorzetsel
Polish: przyimek

2 preposition

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).

Polish: prepozycja


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