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preposition
  1. 1
    used for saying who or what has a particular feature, aspect, or quality

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    Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
  2. 2
    saying which specific thing
    1. a.
      used for saying which specific thing belonging to a more general type you are referring to

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      Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
    2. b.
      used for giving a specific age, amount, value etc

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      Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
  3. 3
    saying who or what does something
    1. a.
      used after nouns that refer to actions for saying who or what does the action

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      Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
    2. b.
      used after nouns that refer to actions for saying who or what is affected by the action

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      Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
  4. 4
    used for saying who something belongs to

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    Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
  6. 6
    used for saying what something is part of

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    Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
  7. 7
    containing or consisting of something
    1. a.
      used for saying what something contains

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      Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
    2. b.
      used for saying what type of thing is in a particular quantity or group

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      Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
    3. c.
      used for talking about individual pieces of a substance

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      Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
    4. d.
      used for saying what group a particular person or thing is from

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      Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
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    used for saying what substance is used for making something

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    Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
  10. 10
    used for giving dates and periods of time

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    General prepositions of time: at, from, into, of, gone... more
  13. 13
    used for saying which person behaves in a particular way in a situation

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    Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
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    used for saying what causes something

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    Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more
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    used for mentioning a quality that someone or something has

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    Prepositions: aboard, against, amid, among, at, barring, cum, failing, from, into... more

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