- object of a preposition
- nounthe object governed by a preposition• Syn: ↑prepositional object• Hypernyms: ↑object
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
object of a preposition
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Preposition stranding — Preposition stranding, sometimes called P stranding, is the syntactic construction in which a preposition with an object occurs somewhere other than immediately adjacent to its object. (The preposition is then described as stranded or hanging.)… … Wikipedia
Preposition and postposition — Prepositions (or more generally, adpositions, see below) are a grammatically distinct class of words whose most central members characteristically express spatial relations (such as the English words in, under, toward) or serve to mark various… … Wikipedia
Object (grammar) — Linguistics … Wikipedia
preposition — preposition1 prepositional, adj. prepositionally, adv. /prep euh zish euhn/, n. Gram. any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of… … Universalium
preposition — I prep•o•si•tion [[t]ˌprɛp əˈzɪʃ ən[/t]] n. gram. a member of a class of words that are typically used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases with adverbial, nominal, or adjectival function, and that typically express a… … From formal English to slang
object — hereas the subject of a sentence tells you who or what is performing an action, the object tells you on whom or on what the action is being performed. In I like you, you is the object of the verb like. In They have now built most of the house,… … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
object — [äb′jikt, äbjekt; ] for v. [ əb jekt′, äbjekt′] n. [ME < ML objectum, something thrown in the way < L objectus, a casting before, that which appears, orig. pp. of objicere < ob (see OB ) + jacere, to throw: see JET1] 1. a thing that can… … English World dictionary
object — ► NOUN 1) a material thing that can be seen and touched. 2) a person or thing to which an action or feeling is directed. 3) a goal or purpose. 4) Grammar a noun or noun phrase governed by a transitive verb or by a preposition. ► VERB ▪ express… … English terms dictionary
object — ♦♦ objects, objecting, objected (The noun is pronounced [[t]ɒ̱bʤɪkt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]əbʤe̱kt[/t]].) 1) N COUNT An object is anything that has a fixed shape or form, that you can touch or see, and that is not alive. He squinted his … English dictionary
object — ob|ject1 W2S3 [ˈɔbdʒıkt US ˈa:b ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(thing)¦ 2¦(aim)¦ 3 an object of pity/desire/ridicule etc 4 money/expense is no object 5 object lesson 6¦(grammar)¦ 7¦(computer)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: objectum, from … Dictionary of contemporary English
