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Webster 1913 Edition

Preposition

Prepˊo-si′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
praepositio
, fr.
praeponere
to place before;
prae
before +
ponere
to put, place: cf. F.
préposition
. See
Position
, and cf.
Provost
.]
1.
(Gram.)
A word employed to connect a 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; – so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased;
as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.
2.
A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
[Obs.]
He made a long
preposition
and oration.
Fabyan.

Webster 1828 Edition

Preposition

PREPOSI'TION

,
Noun.
s as z. [L. proepositio, proepono, proepositus; proe and pono, to put.] In grammar, a word usually put before another to express some relation or quality, action or motion to or from the thing specified; as medicines salutary to health; music agreeable to the ear; virtue is valued for its excellence; a man is riding to Oxford from London. Prepositions govern cases of nouns, and in English are sometimes placed after the word governed; as, which person do you speak to? for, to which person do you speak? This separation of the preposition from the governed word is sometimes allowable in colloquial use, but is generally inelegant.

Definition 2024

préposition

préposition

See also: preposition

French

Noun

préposition f ‎(plural prépositions)

  1. (grammar) preposition

Derived terms

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from French préposition.

Noun

préposition f ‎(plural prépositions)

  1. (Jersey, grammar) preposition

Derived terms

  • préposition composée ‎(“compound preposition”)

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin praepositiō, praepositiōnem.

Pronunciation

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