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"ref": "1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 495",
"text": "And in (121) below, we see that when a wh-NP is used as the Object of a Preposition, the whole Prepositional Phrase can undergo WH MOVEMENT:\n(121) (a) [To whom] can I send this letter —?\n(121) (b) [About what] are they quarrelling —?\n(121) (c) [In which book] did you read about it —?",
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"ref": "2014 June 1, “Net Neutrality”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 5, John Oliver (actor), via HBO",
"text": "I love this girl. “On which I can get my hands” — even in her darkest moment, she cannot bring herself to end a sentence with a preposition.",
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"word": "voorsetsel"
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "kap",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "կապ"
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"roman": "naxdir",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "նախդիր"
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"code": "ast",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
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"word": "preposición"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "sözönü"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "prynazóŭnik",
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"word": "прыназо́ўнік"
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"code": "bn",
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"roman": "podannoẏi obboẏ",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "পদান্বয়ী অব্যয়"
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"code": "br",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "araogenn"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predlóg",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"note": "ဝိဘတ် (wi.bhat) (postpositional marker, equivalent of a preposition in Burmese)",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\""
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
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"word": "preposició"
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"roman": "predlog",
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"roman": "gaai³ ci⁴",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "prepositio"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "préposition"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
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"word": "preposición"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣indebuli",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "წინდებული"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "ṗreṗozicia",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "პრეპოზიცია"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
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"word": "Präposition"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "Verhältniswort"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "Lagewort"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "próthesi",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "πρόθεση"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
"code": "haw",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "ʻinaleo"
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"code": "haw",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "ʻinawaena"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "מילת יחס"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "milát yákhas",
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "pūrvasarg",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
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"word": "पूर्वसर्ग"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "elöljáró"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "elöljárószó"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "prepoziciono"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "kata depan"
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "prepositsia"
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "esisana"
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"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "preposition"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
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"word": "réamhfhocal"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
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"word": "preposizione"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
"alt": "ぜんちし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"code": "kmr",
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"word": "ຄຳເຊື່ອມ"
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"_dis1": "38 49 13",
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"3": "it is good for food"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "",
"3": "he escaped by running"
},
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"name": "m"
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"ref": "1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 495",
"text": "And in (121) below, we see that when a wh-NP is used as the Object of a Preposition, the whole Prepositional Phrase can undergo WH MOVEMENT:\n(121) (a) [To whom] can I send this letter —?\n(121) (b) [About what] are they quarrelling —?\n(121) (c) [In which book] did you read about it —?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 June 1, “Net Neutrality”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 5, John Oliver (actor), via HBO",
"text": "I love this girl. “On which I can get my hands” — even in her darkest moment, she cannot bring herself to end a sentence with a preposition.",
"type": "quotation"
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"Any of a class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word."
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"ref": "1811 [1516], Robert Fabyan, edited by Sir Henry Ellis, The New Chronicles of England and France, page 116",
"text": "[…] he made a longe preposicion & oracion cōcernynge yͤ allegiaūce which he exortyd his lordes to owe",
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "voorsetsel"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parafjalë"
},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "mästäwadd",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "መስተዋድድ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jārr",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جَارّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥarf jarr",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَرْف جَرّ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥarff garr",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "حرف جر"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kap",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "կապ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "naxdir",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "նախդիր"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preposición"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "sözönü"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prynazóŭnik",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прыназо́ўнік"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "podannoẏi obboẏ",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "পদান্বয়ী অব্যয়"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "araogenn"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predlóg",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "предло́г"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"note": "ဝိဘတ် (wi.bhat) (postpositional marker, equivalent of a preposition in Burmese)",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\""
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preposició"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "predlog",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "предлог"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "介詞"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gaai³ ci⁴",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "介词"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "前置詞"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "cin⁴ zi³ ci⁴",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "前置词"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "介詞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiècí",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "介词"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "前置詞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiánzhìcí",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "前置词"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "předložka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "forholdsord"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "præposition"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "voorzetsel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kastwoord"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "prepozicio"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "eessõna"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fyriseting"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "prepositio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "préposition"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preposición"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣indebuli",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "წინდებული"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗreṗozicia",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "პრეპოზიცია"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Präposition"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "Verhältniswort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "Vorwort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "Lagewort"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "próthesi",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πρόθεση"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "próthesis",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πρόθεσις"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "ʻinaleo"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "ʻinawaena"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "מילת יחס"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "milát yákhas",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מִלַּת יַחַס"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pūrvasarg",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पूर्वसर्ग"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "elöljáró"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "elöljárószó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "forsetning"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "prepoziciono"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "kata depan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "kata depan"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "prepositsia"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "esisana"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "preposition"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "réamhfhocal"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preposizione"
},
{
"alt": "ぜんちし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zenchishi",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "前置詞"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "predlog",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "предлог"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "demeulık",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "демеулік"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thnĕək",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "ធ្នាក់"
},
{
"alt": "前置詞",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonchisa",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "전치사"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "daçek"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "predlog",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "предлог"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kham sư̄am",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "ຄຳເຊື່ອມ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "praepositio"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prievārds"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prepozīcija"
},
{
"code": "lij",
"lang": "Ligurian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prepoxiçión"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prielinksnis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "predlog",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "предлог"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "kata depan"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "gati",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "ഗതി"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "preposicion"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ugtvar üg",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "угтвар үг"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "préposition"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "preposisjon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "preposisjon"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fōresetnes"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "harf-e ezâfe",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"word": "حَرْفِ اِضافِه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przyimek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preposição"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prepoziție"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predlóg",
"sense": "grammar: a type of word like \"of, from, for, by\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "предло́г"
},
{
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sw",
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"code": "th",
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\"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"পদান্বয়ী অব্যয়\"}, {\"code\": \"br\", \"lang\": \"Breton\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"araogenn\"}, {\"code\": \"bg\", \"lang\": \"Bulgarian\", \"roman\": \"predlóg\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"предло́г\"}, {\"code\": \"my\", \"lang\": \"Burmese\", \"note\": \"ဝိဘတ် (wi.bhat) (postpositional marker, equivalent of a preposition in Burmese)\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\"}, {\"code\": \"ca\", \"lang\": \"Catalan\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"preposició\"}, {\"code\": \"ce\", \"lang\": \"Chechen\", \"roman\": \"predlog\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"предлог\"}, {\"code\": \"yue\", \"lang\": \"Chinese 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of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"prepositsia\"}, {\"code\": \"izh\", \"lang\": \"Ingrian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"esisana\"}, {\"code\": \"ia\", \"lang\": \"Interlingua\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"preposition\"}, {\"code\": \"ga\", \"lang\": \"Irish\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"réamhfhocal\"}, {\"code\": \"it\", \"lang\": \"Italian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"preposizione\"}, {\"alt\": \"ぜんちし\", \"code\": \"ja\", \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"roman\": \"zenchishi\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"前置詞\"}, {\"code\": \"kk\", \"lang\": \"Kazakh\", \"roman\": \"predlog\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"предлог\"}, {\"code\": \"kk\", \"lang\": \"Kazakh\", \"roman\": \"demeulık\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"демеулік\"}, {\"code\": \"km\", \"lang\": \"Khmer\", \"roman\": \"thnĕək\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"ធ្នាក់\"}, {\"alt\": \"前置詞\", \"code\": \"ko\", \"lang\": \"Korean\", \"roman\": \"jeonchisa\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"전치사\"}, {\"code\": \"kmr\", \"lang\": \"Northern Kurdish\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"daçek\"}, {\"code\": \"ky\", \"lang\": \"Kyrgyz\", \"roman\": \"predlog\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"предлог\"}, {\"code\": \"lo\", \"lang\": \"Lao\", \"roman\": \"kham sư̄am\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"ຄຳເຊື່ອມ\"}, {\"code\": \"la\", \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"praepositio\"}, {\"code\": \"lv\", \"lang\": \"Latvian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"prievārds\"}, {\"code\": \"lv\", \"lang\": \"Latvian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"prepozīcija\"}, {\"code\": \"lij\", \"lang\": \"Ligurian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"prepoxiçión\"}, {\"code\": \"lt\", \"lang\": \"Lithuanian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"prielinksnis\"}, {\"code\": \"mk\", \"lang\": \"Macedonian\", \"roman\": \"predlog\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"предлог\"}, {\"code\": \"ms\", \"lang\": \"Malay\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"kata depan\"}, {\"code\": \"ml\", \"lang\": \"Malayalam\", \"roman\": \"gati\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"ഗതി\"}, {\"code\": \"enm\", \"lang\": \"Middle English\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"preposicion\"}, {\"code\": \"mn\", \"lang\": \"Mongolian\", \"roman\": \"ugtvar üg\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\"], \"word\": \"угтвар үг\"}, {\"code\": \"nrf\", \"lang\": \"Norman\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"préposition\"}, {\"code\": \"nb\", \"lang\": \"Norwegian Bokmål\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": 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\\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"prepoziție\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"predlóg\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"предло́г\"}, {\"code\": \"gd\", \"lang\": \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"roimhear\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\", \"masculine\"], \"word\": \"пре́длог\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\", \"masculine\"], \"word\": \"прије́длог\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\", \"feminine\"], \"word\": \"препози́ција\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"Roman\", \"masculine\"], \"word\": \"prédlog\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"Roman\", \"masculine\"], \"word\": \"prijédlog\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"Roman\", \"feminine\"], \"word\": \"prepozícija\"}, {\"code\": \"sk\", \"lang\": \"Slovak\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"predložka\"}, {\"code\": \"sl\", \"lang\": \"Slovene\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"prêdlog\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"preposición\"}, {\"code\": \"sw\", \"lang\": \"Swahili\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"kihusishi\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"note\": \"preposition c\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\"}, {\"code\": \"tl\", \"lang\": \"Tagalog\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"pang-ukol\"}, {\"code\": \"tg\", \"lang\": \"Tajik\", \"roman\": \"pešoyand\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"пешоянд\"}, {\"code\": \"th\", \"lang\": \"Thai\", \"roman\": \"bùp-pá-bòt\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"บุพบท\"}, {\"code\": \"th\", \"lang\": \"Thai\", \"roman\": \"bù-rá-pá-bòt\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"บุรพบท\"}, {\"code\": \"ti\", \"lang\": \"Tigrinya\", \"roman\": \"mästäwadd\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"መስተዋድድ\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"ilgeç\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"edat\"}, {\"code\": \"tk\", \"lang\": \"Turkmen\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"predlog\"}, {\"code\": \"tk\", \"lang\": \"Turkmen\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"prepozisiýa\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"pryjménnyk\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"прийме́нник\"}, {\"code\": \"ur\", \"lang\": \"Urdu\", \"roman\": \"harf-i jār\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"حَرْفِ جار\"}, {\"code\": \"ur\", \"lang\": \"Urdu\", \"roman\": \"harf-i jar\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"حَرْفِ جَر\"}, {\"code\": \"ug\", \"lang\": \"Uyghur\", \"roman\": \"aldi qoshulghuchi\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"ئالدى قوشۇلغۇچى\"}, {\"code\": \"uz\", \"lang\": \"Uzbek\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"predlog\"}, {\"alt\": \"介詞\", \"code\": \"vi\", \"lang\": \"Vietnamese\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"giới từ\"}, {\"code\": \"vo\", \"lang\": \"Volapük\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"präpod\"}, {\"code\": \"wa\", \"lang\": \"Walloon\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"divancete\"}, {\"code\": \"cy\", \"lang\": \"Welsh\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"arddodiad\"}, {\"code\": \"fy\", \"lang\": \"West Frisian\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"ferhâldingswurd\"}, {\"code\": \"yi\", \"lang\": \"Yiddish\", \"roman\": \"prepozitsye\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"פּרעפּאָזיציע\"}, {\"code\": \"yo\", \"lang\": \"Yoruba\", \"sense\": \"grammar: a type of word like \\\"of, from, for, by\\\"\", \"word\": \"ọ̀rọ̀-atọ́kùn\"}], \"wikipedia\": [\"preposition\"], \"word\": \"preposition\"}",
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