Definitions for preposition

Overview of noun preposition

The noun preposition has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) 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)

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))