| NOUN | communication | 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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| communication | preposition | (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached) |
| Meaning | 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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| Broader | function word, closed-class word | A word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning / meaning |
| Spanish | preposición | |
| Catalan | preposició | |
| Adjectives | prepositional | of or relating to or formed with a preposition |
| Meaning | (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached). | |
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| Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| Broader | place, position | An item on a list or in a sequence |
| Verbs | prepose | place before another constituent in the sentence |
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