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Antonyms for preposition
ˌprɛp əˈzɪʃ ənprepo·si·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prepositionnoun

    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. prepositionnoun

    (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)

How to use preposition in a sentence?

  1. Michael Eric Dyson:

    Aretha Franklin worked above you, aretha Franklin worked beyond you. Get your preposition right.

  2. Winston Churchill:

    From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

  3. Sir Winston Churchill:

    From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I shall not put.

  4. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    A man's attraction towards a woman is propelled by his innate feelings, while a woman is more sort of involved in a mental game, an impossible preposition of sorts, its like playing soccer in a cricket ground!”

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