a prepositional phrase

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• prepositional phrase — n technical a phrase beginning with a preposition, such as in bed or at war …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• prepositional phrase — n. a phrase consisting of a preposition and the noun or noun substitute that is its object …   English World dictionary

• prepositional phrase — UK [ˌprepəzɪʃ(ə)nəl ˈfreɪz] / US [ˌprepəzɪʃən(ə)l ˈfreɪz] noun [countable] Word forms prepositional phrase : singular prepositional phrase plural prepositional phrases linguistics a phrase consisting of a preposition and the noun or pronoun that… …   English dictionary

• prepositional phrase — [[t]pre̱pəzɪʃən(ə)l fre͟ɪz[/t]] prepositional phrases N COUNT A prepositional phrase is a structure consisting of a preposition and its object. Examples are on the table and by the sea …   English dictionary

• prepositional phrase — prep|o|si|tion|al phrase [ ,prepəzıʃənl freız ] noun count LINGUISTICS a phrase consisting of a preposition and the noun or pronoun that comes after it, for example in the car or near her …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• prepositional phrase — noun a phrase beginning with a preposition • Hypernyms: ↑phrase …   Useful english dictionary

• prepositional phrase — Gram. a phrase consisting of a preposition, its object, which is usually a noun or a pronoun, and any modifiers of the object, as in the gray desk I use. [1960 65] * * * …   Universalium

• prepositional phrase — noun a phrase that has both a preposition and its object or complement; may be used as an adjunct or a modifier …   Wiktionary

• prepositional phrase — noun (C) technical a phrase consisting of a preposition and the noun following it, such as in bed or on the table …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• you + prepositional phrase —    In this kind of vocative the speaker qualifies ‘you’ with an ad hoc phrase that will enable the hearer to know who is meant. In Joyce Cary’s short story A Touch of Genius, for instance, a white man calls to a native girl: ‘Ere, you with the… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• Phrase structure rules — are a way to describe a given language s syntax. They are used to break a natural language sentence down into its constituent parts (also known as syntactic categories) namely phrasal categories and lexical categories (aka parts of speech).… …   Wikipedia