Definitions For Adposition
Noun
ADPOSITION (plural ADPOSITIONs) (grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.Synonyms
preposition (broad sense)Hyponyms
preposition (narrow sense) postposition circumpositionTranslations
Armenian: կապ Chinese: : Mandarin: 介詞, tr=jiècí, 前置詞, tr=qiánzhìcí {{qualifier, preposition}}, 後置詞, tr=hòuzhìcí {{qualifier, postposition}} Dutch: adpositie, f Estonian: kaassõna Finnish: adpositio, suhdesana French: adposition, f Georgian: თანდებული, sc=Geor German: Adposition, f, Präposition, f (broad sense), Verhältniswort, Lagewort Ingrian: apusana Japanese: 接置詞 (せっちし, setchishi, sc=Jpan) Polish: przyimek, m Portuguese: adposição, f Romanian: adpoziție, f Russian: предло́г, m {{qualifier, preposition}}, послело́г, m {{qualifier, postposition}}Etymology
ad + position, from {{der + en + la + adpositio}}, from adpositum, past participle of adponere, an alternative form of apponere + + near./">to put near.Is Adposition a Scrabble Word?
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
15
The word Adposition is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends