prposition -
n. Gram. a word governing (and usu. preceding) a noun or pronoun and expressing a
relation to another word or element, as in: 'the man on the platform', 'came after dinner', 'what did you do
it for?'.
prepositional adj. prepositionally adv. [ME f. L praepositio f. praeponere praeposit- (as PRAE-, ponere place)]