Prep`o*si"tion (?), n.
[L. praepositio, fr. praeponere to place before; prae before +
ponere to put, place: cf. F. préposition. See Position, and cf. Provost.]
1. (Gram.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed
before the word with which it is
phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.
2. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [Obs.]
He made a long preposition and oration.
Fabyan.
Hear it pronounced