prepositional

prepositional adjective: of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition.

Adjective

prepositional (not comparable)

Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition.
- Although we have concentrated on Prepositions which take zero Complements, NP Complements, or clausal Complements in our discussion above, there seems no reason in principle to exclude the possibility of Prepositions taking prepositional Complements. And it may well be that items such as those...1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 7, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 364
Of the prepositional case.

Noun

prepositional (plural prepositionals)

The prepositional case.

prepositional meaning in Malayalam

prepositional in Malayalam

ഔപസർഗ്ഗികമായ

Forms of prepositional

plural	prepositionals

Origin of prepositional

From Latin praepositiō (“a setting before, a preposition”), a calque of Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a setting before, preposition (grammar)”) + -al.

Words formed from prepositional

Phrases with prepositional

Questions about prepositional

What does prepositional mean?: Prepositional means of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition.
What is prepositional in Malayalam?: Prepositional in Malayalam is ഔപസർഗ്ഗികമായ. See Prepositional meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is prepositional?: Prepositional can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prepositional in the dictionary

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