Preposition

==English==
===Etymology 1===
From praepositio, from praeponere (to place before); prae (before) + ponere (to put, place); compare French préposition. (See position, and compare provost.) So called because it is usually placed before the word with which it is phrased, as in , , , .
====Alternative forms====
* præposition 
====Pronunciation====
* , 
* 
====Noun====
# : A closed class of non-inflecting words typically 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.
# A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
#:* He made a long preposition and oration — Fabyan
=====Antonyms=====
* postposition
=====Derived terms=====
* preposition of time
* preposition of place
* prepositional
* prepositionally
* prepositional phrase
* prepositive
=====Related terms=====
* adposition
* circumposition
* postposition
=====Translations=====
* Ancient Greek: πρόθεσις (próthesis) 
* Arabic: (jārr) , (ḥarf jarr) 
* Armenian: , 
* Breton: 
* Chechen: 
* Chinese: 介詞, 介词 (jiècí), 前置詞, 前置词 (qiánzhìcí)
* Croatian: prijedlog , prepozicija 
* Czech: 
* Danish: forholdsord, præposition
* Dutch: 
* Esperanto: 
* Estonian: ettepanek
* Finnish: 
* French: 
* German: , 
* Greek: (próthesi)
* Icelandic: 
* Indonesian: kata depan
* Interlingua: preposition
* Irish: 
* Italian: 
* Japanese: 前置詞 (ぜんちし, zenchishi)
* Korean: 전치사 (jeonchisa)
* Kurdish: 
* Latin: praepositio 
* Norwegian: 
* Novial: prepositione
* Polish: 
* Portuguese: 
* Romanian: 
* Russian: 
* Slovene: 
* Spanish: 
* Swedish: 
* Turkish: 
* West Frisian: ferhâldingswurd 
====See also====
* preverb
===Etymology 2===
From pre- + position
====Alternative spellings====
* pre-position
====Pronunciation====
* 
====Verb====
# To place in a location before some other event occurs.
#: It is important to preposition the material before turning on the machine.
Category:English heteronyms
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==Finnish==
===Noun===
preposition
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==Interlingua==
===Noun===
# A word that is used in conjunction with a noun or pronoun in order to form a phrase.
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