preposition

word or phrase able to connect a following noun or noun phrase (and often other parts of the speech) as a complement to some other part of the sentence, expressing a relation between them
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preposition

Summary

preposition is a part of speech[1]. preposition draws 582 Wikipedia views per month (part_of_speech category, ranking #14 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • preposition's instance of is recorded as part of speech[3].
  • preposition is a type of adposition[4].
  • preposition's Commons category is recorded as Prepositions[5].
  • preposition is the opposite of postposition[6].
  • preposition's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prepositions[7].
  • preposition's represents is recorded as relation[8].
  • preposition's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • preposition's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • preposition's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • preposition's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#Preposition[12].
  • preposition's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/Preposition[13].
  • preposition's different from is recorded as adposition[14].
  • preposition's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#preposition[15].
  • preposition's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#preposition[16].
  • preposition's entry in abbreviations table is recorded as rfh[17].

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Definition and Type

preposition's instance of is recorded as part of speech[3]. preposition is a type of adposition[4]. preposition is the opposite of postposition[6].

Influence

Things named for preposition include prepositional syntagma[18].

Why It Matters

preposition draws 582 Wikipedia views per month (part_of_speech category, ranking #14 of 36).[2] preposition has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] preposition is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for preposition include prepositional syntagma[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0276371-predlozky-lingvistika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0276371-predlozky-lingvistika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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