preposition

1. 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 (synset 106336138)
   is a type of: closed-class word, function word - a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
2. (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) (synset 106495681)
   referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
   is a type of: place, position - an item on a list or in a sequence

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