Prepositional Definition

prĕpə-zĭshə-nəl
adjective
Relating to or used as a preposition.
American Heritage
(grammar) Of the prepositional case.
Wiktionary
noun
(grammar) The prepositional case.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Prepositional

Noun

Singular:
prepositional
Plural:
prepositionals

Origin of Prepositional

  • From Latin praepositiō (“a setting before, a preposition"), a calque of Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (prothesis, “a setting before, preposition (grammar)") +"Ž -al

    From Wiktionary

Prepositional Sentence Examples

  • A prepositional phrase has a preposition and an object.

  • Prepositional phrases can modify nouns, e.g. the man in the moon.

  • If they are preceded by a preposition they also are referred to as prepositional phrases.

  • A prepositional phrase usually starts with around, before, for, onto, over, to or through.

  • This quote from Albert Einsten includes a prepositional phrase - "Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them"

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Words Starting With

PPRPRE

Words Ending With

LALNAL

Unscrambles

prepositional

Words Starting With P and Ending With L

Starts With P & Ends With LStarts With PR & Ends With LStarts With P & Ends With AL

Word Length

13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With P13 Letter Words Ending With L