From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Grammarprepositionprep‧o‧si‧tion /ˌprepəˈzɪʃən/ ●●● noun [countable]SLGa word that is used before a noun, pronoun, or gerund to show place, time, direction etc. In the phrase ‘the trees in the park’, ‘in’ is a preposition. —prepositional adjectiveExamples from the Corpuspreposition• Nobody in the class knew that the word in was a preposition.• Other two-syllable words such as adverbs and prepositions seem to behave like verbs and adjectives.• Nope, you cut every extraarticle and preposition.• Many conjunctionsfunctions as other parts of speech, chiefly as prepositions, such as before, till, since.• Another section is devoted entirely to grammardrills, including the use of prepositions, comparatives, negatives and verb tenses.• Function words are those which give structure to a sentence, such as articles, pronouns, prepositions, etc.• The nail is an indirectobject because it is related to the verb through the preposition - on.• The class wrote and identified sentences using prepositions.Originpreposition(1300-1400)Latinpraepositio, from praeponere“to put in front”
