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The answer PREPOSITION has 11 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of preposition in various dictionaries:
noun - a function word that combines with a noun or pro noun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an ad verb ial or adj ectival relation to some other word
noun - (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)
In some languages, a word placed before a substantive and indicating the relation of that substantive to a verb , an adj ective, or another substantive, as English at, by, in, to, from, and with.
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| Churchill called the rule against ending a sentence with this something "Up with which I will not put" |
| I killed a man in Reno just to watch him die:in |
| As in this clue, ending a sentence with one of these is a practice some don't agree with |
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| a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in the man ioni the platform, she arrived iafteri dinner, what did you do it ifori ? |
| A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in the man on the platform, she arrived after dinner, what did you do it for?. |
| A word or phrase placed typically before a substantive and indicating the relation of that substantive to a verb, an adjective, or another substantive, as English at, by, with, from, and in regard to. |
| To position or place in position in advance: artillery that was prepositioned at strategic points in the desert. |
| 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 |
| (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) |
| in grammar, a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word: |
| a word that connects a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun to another word, esp. to a verb, another noun, or an adjective: |
| Preposition description |
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| Prepositions and postpositions, together called adpositions (or broadly, in English, simply prepositions), are a class of words used to express spatial or temporal relations (in, under, towards, before) or mark various semantic roles (of, for).A preposition or postposition typically combines with a noun or pronoun, or more generally a noun phrase, this being called its complement, or sometimes object. A preposition comes before its complement; a postposition comes after its complement. English generally has prepositions rather than postpositions words such as in, under and of precede their objects, such as in England, under the table, of Jane although there are a few exceptions including "ago" and "notwithstanding", as in "three days ago" and "financial limitations notwithstanding". Some languages that use a different word order, have postpositions instead, or have both types. The phrase formed by a preposition or postposition together with its complement is called a prepositional ph |