prepositional

American  

[prep-uh-zish-uhn-uhl] / ˌprɛp əˈzɪʃ ən əl /

adjective

1. Grammar. relating to, containing, or expressed by means of a preposition.

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Other Word Forms

• prepositionally adverb

Example Sentences

But she points out that even when using an algorithm and controlling for prepositional phrases and the like, significant overlap occurs between the lists of most frequently used words in high-peace and low-peace countries.

From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2023

And I mistook a perfectly good English word, “rosé,” for the Polish prepositional phrase “o rosie,” which means “about the dew.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

He laments the prepositional evasions in academic and managerial writing: all those “notions of” and “issues surrounding.”

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2019

The White House disagreed with The Washington Post’s description, so the paper had to issue a correction noting a change of a prepositional phrase in a sentence.

From Salon • May 12, 2017

Then she claps her hands and starts talking about prepositional phrases.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée