preposition
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- A preposition is a member of a group of words, or part of speech, that usually show where something happens. Typically a preposition is followed by a noun.
- In the sentence, "I come from Canada," from is a preposition.
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- Appendix:Prepositions for a list of common prepositions
- preverb
- verbal particle
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- If you preposition something, you place it in a location before some event occurs.