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prepose
English
Alternative forms
- præpose (archaic, rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from French préposer; prefix pré- (Latin prae before) with poser. See pose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i??p??z/
Verb
prepose (third-person singular simple present preposes, present participle preposing, simple past and past participle preposed)
- (transitive) To place or set before; to prefix.
- 1648, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest
- Otherwise I would prepose Millington (first provost afterwards of King's in the reign of King Henry the Sixth) before Wilflete master under King Richard the Third
- 1648, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest
Coordinate terms
- postpose
Related terms
- preposition
Italian
Verb
prepose
- third-person singular past historic of preporre
Anagrams
- propese, seppero
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preposition
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English preposicioun, from Old French preposicion, from Latin praepositio, praepositionem, from praepono (“to place before”). Compare French préposition. So called because it is placed before the word with which it is phrased, as in a bridge of iron, he comes from town, it is good for food, he escaped by running.
Alternative forms
- præposition (archaic)
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?p-?-z?sh'?n, IPA(key): /?p??p??z???n/
Noun
preposition (plural prepositions)
- (grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a following 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.
- (obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
Hypernyms
- (grammar, strict sense): adposition
Coordinate terms
- (grammar, strict sense): circumposition
- (grammar, strict sense): postposition
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- preverb
Etymology 2
pre- +? position
Alternative forms
- pre-position
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?i?p??z???n/
Verb
preposition (third-person singular simple present prepositions, present participle prepositioning, simple past and past participle prepositioned)
- To place in a location before some other event occurs.
- It is important to preposition the material before turning on the machine.
Translations
Finnish
Noun
preposition
- genitive singular of prepositio
Interlingua
Noun
preposition (plural prepositiones)
- (grammar) A word that is used in conjunction with a noun or pronoun in order to form a phrase.
Swedish
Noun
preposition c
- a preposition (part of speech)
Declension
Related terms
- prepositionell
- prepositionsadverbial
- prepositionsattribut
- prepositionsuttryck
References
- preposition in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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