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

But what really gets me is the order of the words, the clustering of all those prepositional phrases near the start.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2017

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

“Esmeralda,” she called in a musical voice, “would you please come up and mark the prepositional phrase?”

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago