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preposition

prep.o.si.tion \.prep-*-'zish-*n\ \-'zish-n*l, -*n-*l\ \-e-\ n [ME 
   preposicioun, fr. L praeposition-, praepositio, fr. pr]aepositus, pp. of 
   praeponere to put in front, fr. prae- pre- + ponere to put - more at 
   POSITION : a linguistic form that combines with a noun, pronoun, or noun 
   equivalent  to form a phrase that typically has an adverbial, adjectival, 
   or substantival relation to some other word - prep.o.si.tion.al aj