Prepositions In English
This is a list of English prepositions. Prototypical prepositions The following are single-word prepositions that can take a noun phrase complement following the preposition. Prepositions in this section may also take other kinds of complements in addition to noun phrase complements. Prepositions marked with an asterisk can be used transitively or intransitively; that is, they can take noun phrase complements (e.g., ''he was in the house'') or not (e.g., ''he was in''). * a * aboard*Aarts, Bas.''Oxford Modern English Grammar''. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 76-77. * about*Quirk, Randolph, et al. ''A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language''. Longman, 1985. pp. 665-67. ** abt. (''written abbreviation'') * above* * abreast * absentHuddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language''. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 610. . * across* * after*Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language''. Cambridge UP, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Preposition And Postposition
Prepositions and postpositions, together called adpositions (or broadly, in traditional grammar, simply prepositions), are a class of words used to express spatial or temporal relations (''in'', ''under'', ''towards'', ''before'') or mark various semantic roles (''of'', ''for''). A preposition or postposition typically combines with a noun phrase, this being called its complement, or sometimes object. A preposition comes before its complement; a postposition comes after its complement. English generally has prepositions rather than postpositions – words such as ''in'', ''under'' and ''of'' precede their objects, such as ''in England'', ''under the table'', ''of Jane'' – although there are a few exceptions including "ago" and "notwithstanding", as in "three days ago" and "financial limitations notwithstanding". Some languages that use a different word order have postpositions instead, or have both types. The phrase formed by a preposition or postposition together with its comp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anti
Anti may refer to: *Anti-, a prefix meaning "against" *Änti, or Antaeus, a half-giant in Greek and Berber mythology *A false reading of ''Nemty'', the name of the ferryman who carried Isis to Set's island in Egyptian mythology * Áńt’į, or corpse powder, Navajo folkloric substance made from powdered corpses * ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival, a yearly international live-art festival held in Kuopio, Finland *Antiparticle, a particle with the same mass but opposite charges in particle physics *Anti addition, a type of bonding in organic chemistry * Anti conformation, an arrangement of atoms in alkane stereochemistry * ANTI (computer virus), a classic Mac OS computer virus Music * Anti- (record label), an American independent record label * ''Anti'' (album), an album by Rihanna *'' Anti EP'', an EP by Autechre * "Anti" (song), a song by SOB X RBE *''Anti'', an album by T. Raumschmiere People *Anti (given name), an Estonian masculine given name *Carlo Anti (1889–1961), Ital ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Neath
Neath (; cy, Castell-nedd) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,258 in 2011. Historic counties of Wales, Historically in Glamorgan, the town is located on the River Neath, east-northeast of Swansea. Etymology The town's English name ultimately derives from "" the original Welsh name for the River Neath and is known to be Proto-Celtic language, Celtic or Pre-Celtic. A meaning of 'shining' or 'brilliant' has been suggested, as has a link to the older Indo-European root ' (simply meaning 'river'). As such, the town may share its etymology with the town of Stratton, Cornwall and the River Nidd in Northern England. History Roman fort The town is located at a ford (crossing), ford of the River Neath and its strategic situation is evident by a number of Celts, Celtic hill forts, surrounding ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beneath
Beneath may refer to: * ''Beneath'' (2007 film), directed by Dagen Merrill * ''Beneath'' (2013 film), a thriller film by Larry Fessenden *''Beneath'', a 2013 film directed by Ben Ketai * ''Beneath'' (Amoral album), 2011 *Beneath (Infant Island album) ''Beneath'' is the third studio album by the American screamo band Infant Island. It was released on May 15, 2020, through Dog Knights Productions. It was produced by Matthew Michel of Majority Rule at his studio in Dunn Loring, Virginia. The ... * ''Beneath'' (video game), developed by Presto Studios * "Beneath" (''The Secret Circle''), a television episode * "Beneath" (''Young Justice''), a television episode {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Below
Below may refer to: *Earth *Ground (other) *Soil *Floor *Bottom (other) Bottom may refer to: Anatomy and sex * Bottom (BDSM), the partner in a BDSM who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role, to that of the top or dominant * Bottom (sex), a term used by gay couples and BDSM * Buttocks or bottom, part of t ... *Less than *Temperatures below freezing *Hell or underworld People with the surname *Ernst von Below (1863–1955), German World War I general *Fred Below (1926–1988), American blues drummer *Fritz von Below (1853–1918), German World War I general *Gerd-Paul von Below (1892-1953), German World War II general *Otto von Below (1857–1944), German World War I general *Nicolaus von Below (1907–1983), German adjutant of Adolf Hitler Other uses *Below (album), ''Below'' (album), a 2021 album by Beartooth *Below (film), ''Below'' (film), a 2002 film by David Twohy *Below (video game), ''Below'' (video game), a video game by Capybara Games *Bel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Behind
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Behind may refer to: * ''Behind'' (album), a 1992 album by Superior * Behind (Australian rules football), a method of scoring in Australian rules football, awarding one point * "Behind" (song), a 2008 single by Flanders * Behind, a slang term for the buttocks The buttocks (singular: buttock) are two rounded portions of the exterior anatomy of most mammals, located on the posterior of the pelvic region. In humans, the buttocks are located between the lower back and the perineum. They are composed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Before (BP), a timescale used mainly in geo ...
Before is the opposite of after, and may refer to: * ''Before'' (Gold Panda EP), 2009 * ''Before'' (James Blake EP), 2020 * "Before" (song), a 1996 song by the Pet Shop Boys * "Before", a song by the Empire of the Sun from ''Two Vines'' * "Before", a song by Anastacia from ''Evolution'' * "Before" (short story) by Gael Baudino * The Before film trilogy by Richard Linklater ** ''Before Sunrise'', 1995 ** ''Before Sunset'', 2004 ** ''Before Midnight'' (2013 film) See also *Before Christ (BC), an epoch used in dating years prior to the estimated birth of Jesus *Before Common Era (BCE), an alternative naming of the traditional calendar era primarily used in academic circles *Before Present Before Present (BP) years, or "years before present", is a time scale used mainly in archaeology, geology and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred relative to the origin of practical radiocarbon dating in the 1950s. Becau ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barring
Barring may refer to: * Barring (music), a guitar playing technique * Barring engine, forms part of the installation of a large stationary steam engine * Barring order, an order used by a court to protect a person, object, business, company, state, country, establishment, or entity, and the general public, in a situation involving alleged domestic violence, child abuse, assault, harassment, stalking, or sexual assault. See also * Bar (other) Bar or BAR may refer to: Food and drink * Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages * Candy bar * Chocolate bar Science and technology * Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment * Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud * Bar (u ... * Banning {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Astride
Astrid is a female given name. Astrid may also refer to: Places * 1128 Astrid, an asteroid *Astrid Park, an urban park in Brussels, Belgium Technology *Astrid (application), a cross-platform to-do list application *ASTRID (reactor), a French Sodium-cooled fast reactor built expected to be built to replace the Phénix reactor *Astrid (satellite), two scientific microsatellites developed by the Swedish Space Corporation *ASTRID, a research particle storage ring at Aarhus, Denmark Other uses * Astrid (band), a band from the Isle of Lewis * ''Astrid'' (brig), a tall ship that sank in July 2013 *Astrid (Antwerp premetro station), a station in the Antwerp premetro network *''Astrid et Raphaëlle'', French-Belgian crime drama television series aired in the United States as simply ''Astrid'' *Astrid, an early alias and given name of singer Ameerah *"Astrid", a 2020 song by musician Glaive *Astrid, a fictional starship in '' Ground Control'' and ''Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |