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prepositional verbs

prepositional verbs is the plural of prepositional verb.

Meaning of prepositional verb

Noun

prepositional verb (plural prepositional verbs)

  1. A two-word phrase, consisting of a verb and a preposition, that has idiomatic meaning.

Questions about prepositional verbs

What is prepositional verbs the plural of?
Prepositional verbs is the plural of prepositional verb.

Words near prepositional verbs in the dictionary

  1. prepositional phrase
  2. prepositional phrases
  3. prepositional pronoun
  4. prepositional pronouns
  5. prepositional verb
  6. prepositional verbs
  7. prepositionally
  8. prepositionals
  9. prepositioned
  10. prepositionhood
  11. prepositioning

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