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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: strict-sense
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
An adposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Alternative spelling of pre-position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, proscribed, sometimes
Examples
- It is important to preposition the material before turning on the machine.
Meaning relationships
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a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: function word, closed-class word
(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: place, position
From Middle English preposicioun, from Old French preposicion, from Latin praepositio, praepositionem, from praepono (“to place before”), equivalent to pre- + position. Compare French préposition. So called because it is placed before the word with which it is phrased, as in a bridge of iron, he comes from town, it is good for food, he escaped by running.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English position English preposition From pre- + position.
Across languages
Translations
124 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
voorsetsel
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Albanian:
parafjalë
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Amharic:
መስተዋድድ
(mästäwadd)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Arabic:
جَارّ
(jārr)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Arabic:
حَرْف جَرّ
(ḥarf jarr)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Arabic:
حرف جر
(ḥarff garr)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Aragonese:
preposición
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Armenian:
կապ
(kap)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Armenian:
նախդիր
(naxdir)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Asturian:
preposición
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Azerbaijani:
sözönü
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Belarusian:
прыназо́ўнік
(prynazównik)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Bengali:
পদান্বয়ী অব্যয়
(podannoẏi obboẏ)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Breton:
araogenn
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Bulgarian:
предло́г
(predlóg)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Catalan:
preposició
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Chechen:
предлог
(predlog)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Chinese Cantonese:
介詞 /介词
(gaai3 ci4)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Chinese Cantonese:
前置詞 /前置词
(cin4 zi3 ci4)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Chinese Mandarin:
介詞 /介词
(jiècí)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Chinese Mandarin:
前置詞 /前置词
(qiánzhìcí)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Czech:
předložka
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Czech:
prepozice
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Danish:
forholdsord
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Danish:
præposition
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Dutch:
voorzetsel
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Dutch:
kastwoord
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Esperanto:
prepozicio
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Estonian:
eessõna
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Faroese:
fyriseting
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Finnish:
prepositio
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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French:
préposition
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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West-Frisian:
ferhâldingswurd
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Galician:
preposición
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Georgian:
წინდებული
(c̣indebuli)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Georgian:
პრეპოზიცია
(ṗreṗozicia)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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German:
Präposition
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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German:
Verhältniswort
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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German:
Vorwort
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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German:
Lagewort
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Greek:
πρόθεση
(próthesi)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Ancient Greek:
πρόθεσις
(próthesis)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Hawaiian:
ʻinaleo
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Hawaiian:
ʻinawaena
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Hebrew:
מילת יחס
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Hebrew:
מִלַּת יַחַס
(milát yákhas)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Hindi:
पूर्वसर्ग
(pūrvasarg)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Hungarian:
elöljáró
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Hungarian:
elöljárószó
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Icelandic:
forsetning
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Ido:
prepoziciono
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Indonesian:
kata depan
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Ingrian:
prepositsia
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Ingrian:
esisana
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Interlingua:
preposition
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Irish:
réamhfhocal
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Italian:
preposizione
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Japanese:
前置詞
(zenchishi)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Kabyle:
tanzeɣt
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Kazakh:
предлог
(predlog)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Kazakh:
демеулік
(demeulık)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Khmer:
ធ្នាក់
(thnĕək)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Korean:
전치사
(jeonchisa)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Northern Kurdish:
daçek
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Kyrgyz:
предлог
(predlog)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Lao:
ຄໍາເຊື່ອມ
(kham sư̄am)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Latin:
praepositio
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Latvian:
prievārds
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Latvian:
prepozīcija
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Ligurian:
prepoxiçión
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Lithuanian:
prielinksnis
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Macedonian:
предлог
(predlog)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Malay:
kata depan
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Malay:
kata sendi nama
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Malayalam:
ഗതി
(gati)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Middle English:
preposicion
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Mongolian:
угтвар үг
(ugtvar üg)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Norman:
préposition
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Norwegian Bokmål:
preposisjon
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
preposisjon
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Old English:
fōresetnes
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Pannonian Rusyn:
применовнїк
(primenovnjik)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Iranian Persian:
حَرْفِ اِضافِه
(harf-e ezâfe)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Polish:
przyimek
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Portuguese:
preposição
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Romanian:
prepoziție
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Russian:
предло́г
(predlóg)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Scottish Gaelic:
roimhear
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Serbo-Croatian:
пре́длог
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Serbo-Croatian:
прије́длог
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Serbo-Croatian:
препози́ција
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Serbo-Croatian:
prédlog
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Serbo-Croatian:
prijédlog
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Serbo-Croatian:
prepozícija
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Slovak:
predložka
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Slovene:
prêdlog
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Spanish:
preposición
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Swahili:
kihusishi
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Tagalog:
pang-ukol
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Tajik:
пешоянд
(pešoyand)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Thai:
บุพบท
(bùp-pá-bòt)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Thai:
บุรพบท
(bù-rá-pá-bòt)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Tigrinya:
መስተዋድድ
(mästäwadd)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Turkish:
ilgeç
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Turkish:
edat
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Turkmen:
predlog
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Turkmen:
prepozisiýa
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Ukrainian:
прийме́нник
(pryjménnyk)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Urdu:
حَرْفِ جار
(harf-i jār)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Urdu:
حَرْفِ جَر
(harf-i jar)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Uyghur:
ئالدى قوشۇلغۇچى
(aldi qoshulghuchi)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Uzbek:
predlog
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Vietnamese:
giới từ
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Volapük:
präpod
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Walloon:
divancete
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Welsh:
arddodiad
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Yiddish:
פּרעפּאָזיציע
(prepozitsye)
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Yoruba:
ọ̀rọ̀-atọ́kùn
— grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by"
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Polish:
prepozycja
— position of a word
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Spanish:
preposición
— position of a word
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French:
prépositionner
— to place in a location before some other event occurs
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Polish:
umieszczać z wyprzedzeniem
— to place in a location before some other event occurs
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Polish:
umieścić z wyprzedzeniem
— to place in a location before some other event occurs
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Portuguese:
pré-posicionar
— to place in a location before some other event occurs
