foreposition
foreposition noun: position ahead of or in front of; forward position.
Noun
foreposition (plural not attested)
- Position ahead of or in front of; forward position.
- In scientific language we should find more adjectives in the after-position than in the fore-position; in a novel, a play, or in everyday speech, adjectives in the fore-position abound. Scientific language is less emotional than is everyday speech.1917, Richard Thayer Holbrook, Living French
- From the oil tank the pump forces the oil through the sight feed on the dash, from which it is led into the steam line to the engine. In the oil pump, Fig. 53, the plunger A is set in its extreme foreposition, so that the end will just come to the outlet.1920, Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work
Verb
foreposition (third-person singular simple present forepositions, present participle forepositioning, simple past and past participle forepositioned)
- To position at the front.
Forms of foreposition
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | fore-position |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | forepositions |
| present participle | forepositioning |
| past participle | forepositioned |
| past | forepositioned |
Origin of foreposition
From fore- + position.
Questions about foreposition
- What does foreposition mean?
- Foreposition means position ahead of or in front of; forward position.
- What part of speech is foreposition?
- Foreposition can be a noun or a verb.
Words near foreposition in the dictionary
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