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PREPOSITIONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prepositional mean?
• PREPOSITIONAL (adjective)
The adjective PREPOSITIONAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or formed with a preposition
Familiarity information: PREPOSITIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or formed with a preposition
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
prepositional phrase
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Pertainym:
preposition (a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word)
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