phrasal preposition

 

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phrasal preposition (plural phrasal prepositions)

1. (grammar) A preposition composed of several words rather than just one.

   Hypernyms: preposition; adposition

   In English, most phrasal prepositions consist of an adverbial followed by a one-word preposition.

• adjective phrase
• adverbial phrase
• conjunctional phrase
• interjectional phrase
• noun phrase
• phrasal noun
• phrasal verb
• pronominal phrase
• verb phrase

• prepositional phrase