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    preposition
    prep‧o‧si‧tion /ˌprepəˈzɪʃən/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Latin
     Origin: praepositio, from praeponere 'to put in front'
    a word that is used before a noun, pronoun, or gerund to show place, time, direction etc. In the phrase ‘the trees in the park’, ‘in’ is a preposition.
    —prepositional adjective