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adprep

adprep noun: a word that functions both as an adverb and as a preposition.

Noun

adprep (plural adpreps)

  1. A word that functions both as an adverb and as a preposition.
    • Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb and a primary, invariable adverb, the latter including the heads of reduced prepositional phrases but excluding adpreps.2000, Claudia Claridge, Multi-word Verbs in Early Modern English: A Corpus-based Study

Forms of adprep

pluraladpreps

Origin of adprep

Shortening.

Questions about adprep

What does adprep mean?
Adprep means a word that functions both as an adverb and as a preposition.
What part of speech is adprep?
Adprep is a noun.
What is the plural of adprep?
The plural of adprep is adpreps.

Words near adprep in the dictionary

  1. adpositional phrase
  2. adpositional phrases
  3. adpositionally
  4. adpositionhood
  5. adpositions
  6. adprep
  7. adpreps
  8. adpress
  9. adpressed
  10. adpresses
  11. adpressing

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