PREPOSITIONS
Noun
prepositions
plural of preposition
Verb
prepositions
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preposition
Source: Wiktionary
PREPOSITION
Prep`o*si"tion, n. Etym: [L. praepositio, fr. praeponere to place
before; prae before + ponere to put, place: cf. F. préposition. See
Position, and cf. Provost.]
1. (Gram.)
Definition: A word employed to connect a 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; -- so called because usually
placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of
iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.
2. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [Obs.]
He made a long preposition and oration. Fabyan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition