Preposition

prep-ō-zish′un, n. a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to some other word of the sentence.— adj. Preposi′tional .— adv. Preposi′tionally .— adj. Preposi′tive , put before: prefixed.— n. a word or particle put before another word—opp. to Post-positive .— n. Prepos′it or , a school-monitor. [Fr.,—L. præpositio — præ , before, ponĕre , positum , to place.]