preposition
- n 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
- n (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)
- As a hedge they used the Russian preposition k (pronounced "kuh"), which means both to and toward.
- I hesitate to add that 'about' in this case is used as a preposition.
- So does the preposition in when used to establish, perhaps, that zucchini quiche is in this year: used just so, in all but sweats with class bias.