preposition
noun/ˌprepəˈzɪʃn/
/ˌprepəˈzɪʃn/
(grammar)- a word or group of words, such as in, from, to, out of and on behalf of, used before a noun or pronoun to show place, position, time or methodTopics Languagea1Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin praepositio(n-), from the verb praeponere, from prae ‘before’ + ponere ‘to place’.
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