Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or used as a preposition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the nature or function of a preposition: as, the prepositional use of a word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a
preposition . - adjective grammar Of the
prepositional case . - noun grammar The
prepositional case .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or formed with a preposition
Etymologies
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Examples
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The last group falls into what I call prepositional trouble, as in That one threw me over the deep end.
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Dictionary. com says that “whom” is the object form of “who” which, if I remember correctly, means in prepositional phrases (after the words to, for, by, etc.).
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A 133 page dissent over a 2 word prepositional phrase is silly.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin 2010
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A 133 page dissent over a 2 word prepositional phrase is silly.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin 2010
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The case governed by a. prepoakkm, nay with prot pfitety, ht called the prepositional case, in distinction from that which la the ebjeet of a veH or participle.
Rudiments of English Grammar: Containing, I. the Different Kinds, Relations, and Changes of ... 1812
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That kind of prepositional doubling is common enough in speech when people start to use one construction and switch into another, especially when the construction involved as here is a usage shibboleth.
Archive 2009-08-01 DC 2009
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That kind of prepositional doubling is common enough in speech when people start to use one construction and switch into another, especially when the construction involved as here is a usage shibboleth.
On the world in which we live in DC 2009
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In Castellano, there is no “to” form for infinitives: no puedo hacer la tarea (I can’t do the homework) doesn’t include any kind of prepositional “prefix” (as it were) for the infinitive hacer.
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When they correct a prepositional usage, or give me a more ‘natural’ way of saying something, it usually sticks.
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Hi Vicki – first of all I would distinguish between the ‘long passive’ (i.e. the construction where the agent is identified in a prepositional phrase: “My aunt was abducted by aliens”) and the ‘short passive’, where no agent is mentioned “Caesar was assassinated”.
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