Plural of preposition
regular plural
The plural of preposition is prepositions.
Forms of preposition
| Singular | preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | prepositions /ˌpɹɛ.pəˈzɪ.ʃənz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Prepositions in a sentence
- In English, most phrasal prepositions consist of an adverbial followed by a one-word preposition.From the entry phrasal preposition
- Cmavo are connective, syncategorematic words. They are roughly comparable to English conjunctions, prepositions, articles, numerals, and some adverbs.From the entry cmavo
- Let's move on to the consideration of intransitive prepositions.From the entry intransitive preposition
- It includes vocabulary related to home, people, action words, description words, pronouns, prepositions, and question words.2011/2015, Joan N. Kaderavek, Language Disorders in Children: Fundamental Concepts of Assessment and Intervention. Second Edition…. From the entry description word
- We first note that wh-movement can freely strand prepositions in Icelandic, as in the other Scandinavian languages.1985, Joan Maling, Annie Zaenen, “Preposition-Stranding and Passive”, in Nordic Journal of Linguistics, volume 8, number 2, →DOI, page 199. From the entry strand
Meaning of preposition
- noun Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following 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.
- noun An adposition.
- noun A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
Questions about the plural of preposition
- What is the plural of preposition?
- The plural of preposition is prepositions.
- Is preposition countable?
- Preposition is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: preposition (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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