prepositional phrase

prep·o·si·tion phrase

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Definitions of prepositional phrase words

noun prepositional phrase a phrase consisting of a preposition, its object, which is usually a noun or a pronoun, and any modifiers of the object, as in the gray desk I use. 1
countable noun prepositional phrase A prepositional phrase is a structure consisting of a preposition and its object. Examples are 'on the table' and 'by the sea'. 0
noun prepositional phrase a phrase consisting of a preposition followed by a noun group 0
noun prepositional phrase a phrase consisting of a preposition and the noun or noun substitute that is its object 0

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

First recorded in 1960-65

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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