PREPOSITION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) preposition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • function word (what does function word mean?)
   • closed-class word (what does closed-class word mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (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)
   Hypernyms(s) preposition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • place (what does place mean?)
   • position (what does position mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • prepose (what does prepose mean?)