Adposition
Translation of "adposition" into Russian
adposition
NounUK
/ˌæd.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
US
/ˌæd.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
adposition
adpositions pl
адпозиция
The adposition in this sentence is crucial for understanding the relationship between the words.
Адпозиция в этом предложении имеет решающее значение для понимания отношений между словами.
Definitions
adposition
NounUK
/ˌæd.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
US
/ˌæd.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
A grammatical category of words that function to express spatial or temporal relations or mark various syntactic functions and roles within a sentence, typically including prepositions and postpositions.
In the sentence 'The cat is on the mat,' the word 'on' is an adposition indicating the spatial relationship between the cat and the mat.
An individual word that expresses a spatial, temporal, or other relation and belongs to the grammatical category of prepositions, postpositions, or circumpositions.
'Over' in the phrase 'over the hill' is an adposition introducing the complement 'the hill.'