Exact Match:
- 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
- (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)
Synonyms:
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- attributive,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- exclamatory noun,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- interjection,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- particle,
- past participle,
- perfect participle,
- present participle,
- subordinating conjunction,
- verbal adjective
Related Words:
- adjective
collapse - the word class that qualifies nouns
- a word that expresses an attribute of something
- relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law ; "adjective law" related words >
- adjectival,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- attributive,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- exclamatory noun,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- interjection,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- particle,
- past participle,
- perfect participle,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- subordinating conjunction,
- verbal adjective
- adverb
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- the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
- a word that modifies something other than a noun related words >
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- attributive,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- exclamatory noun,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- interjection,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- particle,
- past participle,
- perfect participle,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- subordinating conjunction,
- verbal adjective
- part of speech
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- one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context related words >
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- attributive,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- exclamatory noun,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- interjection,
- participle,
- particle,
- past participle,
- perfect participle,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- subordinating conjunction,
- verbal adjective
- participle
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- a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses related words >
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- attributive,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- exclamatory noun,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- interjection,
- part of speech,
- particle,
- past participle,
- perfect participle,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- subordinating conjunction,
- verbal adjective
- disjunctive
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- serving or tending to divide or separate related words >
- ablative,
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- alternative,
- attributive,
- biodegradable,
- broken,
- broken off,
- chopped-off,
- choppy,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- corrosive,
- decomposable,
- decomposing,
- decousu,
- degradable,
- dilapidated,
- disconnected,
- discontinued,
- discontinuous,
- discrete,
- discretional,
- disintegrable,
- disintegrated,
- disintegrating,
- disintegrative,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- disruptive,
- dividing,
- elective,
- episodic,
- erosive,
- exclamatory noun,
- fitful,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- herky-jerky,
- incoherent,
- interjection,
- intermittent,
- interrupted,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- moldering,
- noncontinuous,
- nonlinear,
- nonsequential,
- nonserial,
- nonuniform,
- optional,
- parenthetic,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- particle,
- parting,
- past participle,
- patchy,
- perfect participle,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- ravaged,
- resolvent,
- ruinous,
- scrappy,
- separating,
- separative,
- snatchy,
- solvent,
- spasmodic,
- spotty,
- subordinating conjunction,
- suspended,
- unconnected,
- unjoined,
- unsuccessive,
- verbal adjective,
- volitional,
- voluntary,
- worn
- interjection
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- the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts related words >
- Parthian shot,
- address,
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- answer,
- apostrophe,
- aside,
- assertion,
- attributive,
- averment,
- comment,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- crack,
- cry,
- declaration,
- dictum,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- ejaculation,
- embedment,
- encroachment,
- entrance,
- entrenchment,
- episode,
- exclamation,
- exclamatory noun,
- expression,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- graft,
- grafting,
- greeting,
- impaction,
- impactment,
- impingement,
- implantation,
- imposition,
- incursion,
- infiltration,
- infix,
- infixion,
- influx,
- infringement,
- infusion,
- injection,
- inoculation,
- inroad,
- insert,
- insertion,
- insinuation,
- intercalation,
- interference,
- interlineation,
- interlocution,
- interloping,
- interpolation,
- interposition,
- interposure,
- interruption,
- intervention,
- introduction,
- intromission,
- intrusion,
- invasion,
- irruption,
- mention,
- note,
- obiter dictum,
- observation,
- obtrusion,
- parenthesis,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- particle,
- past participle,
- penetration,
- perfect participle,
- perfusion,
- phrase,
- position,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- pronouncement,
- question,
- reflection,
- remark,
- say,
- saying,
- sentence,
- side remark,
- statement,
- subjoinder,
- subordinating conjunction,
- tessellation,
- thought,
- tossing-in,
- transplant,
- transplantation,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- unlawful entry,
- utterance,
- verbal adjective,
- word
- particle
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- a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs
- a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions related words >
- K-meson,
- ace,
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- atom,
- attributive,
- beta particle,
- bit,
- butt,
- chip,
- chunk,
- clip,
- clipping,
- collop,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- crumb,
- cut,
- cutting,
- dab,
- damn,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- dole,
- dollop,
- dot,
- dram,
- dribble,
- driblet,
- drop,
- droplet,
- dwarf,
- electron,
- end,
- exclamatory noun,
- farthing,
- fleck,
- flyspeck,
- form class,
- form word,
- fragment,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- gleam,
- gnat,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- grain,
- granule,
- graviton,
- groat,
- hair,
- handful,
- hint,
- hoot,
- hunk,
- interjection,
- iota,
- jot,
- little,
- little bit,
- lota,
- lump,
- meson,
- mesotron,
- microbe,
- microorganism,
- midge,
- minim,
- minimum,
- minutia,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- molecule,
- morsel,
- mote,
- neutron,
- nutshell,
- ounce,
- paring,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- past participle,
- pebble,
- perfect participle,
- photon,
- piece,
- pinch,
- pinhead,
- pinpoint,
- pion,
- pittance,
- point,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- proton,
- quark,
- rasher,
- ray,
- scintilla,
- scoop,
- scrap,
- scruple,
- shard,
- shaving,
- shiver,
- shred,
- slice,
- sliver,
- smidgen,
- smidgin,
- smitch,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snap,
- snatch,
- snip,
- snippet,
- spark,
- speck,
- splinter,
- spoonful,
- spot,
- stitch,
- stump,
- subordinating conjunction,
- suggestion,
- suspicion,
- syllable,
- tatter,
- thimbleful,
- tiny bit,
- tittle,
- trifling amount,
- trivia,
- vanishing point,
- verbal adjective,
- whit,
- whoop
- conjunction
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- an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
- (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
- the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction related words >
- Anschluss,
- abutment,
- abuttal,
- accompaniment,
- accordance,
- addition,
- adjacency,
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adjoiningness,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- agglutination,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- apposition,
- appulse,
- articulation,
- assimilation,
- association,
- attributive,
- blend,
- blending,
- bond,
- bracketing,
- cabal,
- cahoots,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- clustering,
- co-working,
- coaction,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- coincidence,
- collaboration,
- collectivity,
- collusion,
- combination,
- combine,
- combined effort,
- combo,
- communication,
- composition,
- concatenation,
- concert,
- concerted action,
- concomitance,
- concordance,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- confluence,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- conjugation,
- conjunctive adverb,
- connection,
- consilience,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- conterminousness,
- contiguity,
- convergence,
- cooperation,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulation,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- correspondence,
- coterminousness,
- coupling,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- exclamatory noun,
- federalization,
- federation,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- fusion,
- gathering,
- gerundive,
- hookup,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- integration,
- intercommunication,
- intercourse,
- interjection,
- interlinking,
- joinder,
- joining,
- jointure,
- junction,
- junta,
- juxtaposition,
- knotting,
- league,
- liaison,
- linkage,
- linking,
- marriage,
- meeting,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- merging,
- package,
- package deal,
- pairing,
- parasitism,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- particle,
- partnership,
- past participle,
- perfect participle,
- perigee,
- perihelion,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- saprophytism,
- simultaneity,
- solidification,
- splice,
- subordinating conjunction,
- symbiosis,
- synchronism,
- syncretism,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synergy,
- synthesis,
- syzygy,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- unification,
- union,
- united action,
- verbal adjective,
- wedding,
- yoking
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