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PREPOSITIONS

Single words
Preposition Translation Preposition Translation
1 aboard 45 inside
2 about 46 into
3 above 47 like
4 across 48 mid
5 after 49 minus
6 against 50 near
7 along 51 next
8 alongside 52 notwithstanding
9 amid 53 of
10 amidst 54 off
11 among 55 on
12 amongst 56 onto
13 around 57 opposite
14 as 58 out
15 aside 59 outside
16 astride 60 over
17 at 61 pace
18 athwart 62 past
19 atop 63 per
20 barring 64 plus
21 before 65 regarding
22 behind 66 round
23 below 67 save
24 beneath 68 since
25 beside 69 than
26 besides 70 through
27 between 71 throughout
28 beyond 72 till
29 but 73 times
30 by 74 to
31 circa 75 toward
32 concerning 76 towards
33 despite 77 under
34 down 78 underneath
35 during 79 unlike
36 except 80 until
37 excluding 81 up
38 failing 82 upon
39 following 83 versus
40 for 84 via
41 from 85 with
42 given 86 within
43 in 87 without
44 including 88 worth

Two words
Preposition Translation Preposition Translation
1 according to 14 near to
2 ahead of 15 next to
3 as regards 16 onto
4 as per 17 out from
5 aside from 18 out of
6 because of 19 outside of
7 close to 20 owing to
8 due to 21 prior to
9 except for 22 pursuant to
10 far from 23 regardless of
11 into 24 subsequent to
12 inside of 25 thanks to
13 instead of 26 that of

Tree words
Preposition Translation Preposition Translation
1 as far as in place of
2 as well as in spite of
3 by means of on account of
4 in accordance with on behalf of
5 in addition to on top of
6 in case of with regard to
7 in front of with respect to
8 in lieu of

Not fully grammaticalised


Preposition Translation Preposition Translation
13 concerning 15 regarding
14 considering

Prepositions-like modifiers or quantified noun phrases


Preposition Translation Preposition Translation
1 apart from 4 plus
2 but 5 save
3 except

Postpositions
Preposition Translation
1 ago as in "five years ago", sometimes (wrongly) considered an adverb rather than a postpos
2 apart as in "this apart", also used prepositionally ("apart from this")
3 aside as in "such examples aside", also used prepositionally ("aside from such examples")
as in "five light years away", sometimes (wrongly) considered an adverb or an
4 away adjective rather than a postposition
5 hence as in "five years hence", sometimes considered an adverb rather than a postposition
6 notwithstanding also used prepositionally
7 on as in "five years on", also used prepositionally
8 through as in "the whole night through", also used prepositionally
9 withal archaic as a postposition meaning with

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