[{"word":"prepositions","phonetic":"/ˌpɹɛ.poʊ.ˈzɪ.ʃənz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˌpɹɛ.poʊ.ˈzɪ.ʃənz/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(grammar, strict sense) 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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To place in a location before some other event occurs.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It is important to preposition the material before turning on the machine."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/preposition","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prepositions"]}]