List of English prepositions

See also: English prepositions

This is a list of English prepositions .

Prototypical prepositions

The following are single-word prepositions that can take a noun phrase complement following the preposition. Prepositions in this section may also take other kinds of complements in addition to noun phrase complements. Prepositions marked with an asterisk can be used transitively or intransitively; that is, they can take noun phrase complements (e.g., he was in the house) or not (e.g., he was in).

• a ^[1]
• aboard* ^[2]
• about* ^{[2] [3]}
  • abt. (written abbreviation) ^[4]
• above* ^{[2] [3]}
• abreast ^[5]
• absent ^[6]
• across* ^{[2] [3]}
• after* ^{[2] [3] [7]}
• against* ^{[2] [3]}
• aloft* ^{[2] [8]}
• along* ^{[2] [3]}
• alongside* ^[2]
• amid ^{[2] [3] [9]}
  • amidst ^{[2] [3] [9]}
  • mid ^[2]
  • midst ^[2]
• among ^{[2] [3] [9]}
  • amongst ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• anti ^{[3] [10]}
• apropos* ^{[7] [11]}
• around* ^{[2] [3]}
  • round* ^{[2] [3]}
• as ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• aslant ^[12]
• astride ^[13]
• at ^{[2] [3] [9]}
  • @ (written alternative) ^[14]
• atop ^{[3] [15]}
  • ontop (nonstandard)^{[ citation needed ]}
• bar ^{[9] [16]}
• barring ^{[17] [18]}
• before* ^{[2] [3] [7]}
  • B4 (written abbreviation) ^[19]
• behind* ^{[2] [3]}
• below* ^{[2] [3]}
• beneath* ^{[2] [3]}
  • neath ^[20]
• beside ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• besides* ^{[2] [3] [7]}
• between* ^{[2] [3] [7]}
  • 'tween ^[21]
• beyond* ^{[2] [3]}
• but ^{[3] [22]}
• by* ^{[2] [3] [7]}
• chez ^{[9] [23]}
• circa ^{[3] [9] [24]}
  • c., ca. (abbreviations) ^[24]
• come ^[9]
• concerning ^{[17] [18]}
• contra ^[9]
• counting ^{[17] [18]}
• cum ^[25]
• despite ^{[2] [3] [9]}
  • spite (abbreviation)^{[ citation needed ]}
• down* ^{[2] [3]}
• during ^{[2] [9]}
• effective ^[6]
• ere ^[9]
• except ^{[2] [3]}
• excepting ^{[17] [18]}
• excluding ^{[17] [18]}
• failing ^{[17] [18]}
• following ^{[17] [18]}
• for ^{[2] [3]}
  • 4 (abbreviation)^{[ citation needed ]}
• from ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• in* ^{[2] [3]}
• including ^{[17] [18]}
• inside* ^{[2] [3]}
• into ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• less ^{[9] [26]}
• like ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• minus ^{[2] [9]}
• modulo ^[9]
  • mod (abbreviation) ^[27]
• near* ^{[2] [3]}
  • nearer (comparative) ^{[3] [28]}
  • nearest (superlative) ^[3]
• next ^[2]
• notwithstanding* (also postpositional) ^{[2] [3]}
• of ^{[2] [3] [9]}
  • o' (written alternative; informal) ^[29]
• off* ^{[2] [3]}
• offshore ^[30]
• on* ^{[2] [3] [7]}
• onto ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• opposite ^{[2] [3] [6]}
• out ^{[3] [31]}
• outside* ^{[2] [3]}
• over* ^{[2] [3]}
  • o'er ^[32]
• pace ^{[3] [9] [33]}
• past* ^{[2] [3]}
• pending ^{[3] [34]}
• per ^{[3] [9] [35]}
• plus ^{[2] [9]}
• post ^[36]
• pre ^[37]
• pro ^{[3] [38]}
• qua ^{[3] [39]}
• re ^{[3] [9]}
• regarding ^{[17] [18]}
• respecting ^{[17] [18]}
• sans ^{[3] [9]}
• save ^{[9] [40]}
• saving ^{[17] [18]}
• short ^{[ citation needed ]}
• since* ^{[2] [3] [7]}
• sub ^[41]
• than ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• through* ^{[2] [3] [7]}
  • thru (informal) ^[42]
• throughout* ^{[2] [3]}
  • thruout (simplified spelling) ^[43]
• till ^{[3] [9] [44]}
• times ^[9]
• to* ^{[2] [3]}
  • t' (abbreviation) ^[45]
  • 2 (abbreviation)^{[ citation needed ]}
• touching (archaic) ^{[17] [18] [46]}
• toward, towards ^{[2] [3]}
• under* ^{[2] [3]}
• underneath* ^{[2] [3]}
• unlike ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• until ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• unto (poetic) ^[47]
• up* ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• upon ^{[2] [3]}
• versus ^{[9] [48]}
  • vs., v. (abbreviations) ^[48]
• via ^{[2] [3] [9]}
• vice ^[49] (formal)^{[ citation needed ]}
• vis-à-vis ^{[3] [9] [50]} (formal)^{[ citation needed ]}
• wanting ^{[17] [18]}
• with ^{[2] [3] [9]}
  • w/, w. (abbreviation) ^[51]
  • c̄ (abbreviation in prescriptions) ^[52]
• within* ^{[2] [3]}
  • w/i (abbreviation)^{[ citation needed ]}
• without* ^{[2] [3] [7]}
  • 'thout ^[53]
  • w/o (abbreviation) ^[54]
• worth ^[55]

Intransitive prepositions

The following are single-word intransitive prepositions. This portion of the list includes only prepositions that are always intransitive; prepositions that can occur with or without noun phrase complements (that is, transitively or intransitively) are listed with the prototypical prepositions. Note that dictionaries and grammars informed by concepts from traditional grammar may categorize these intransitive prepositions as adverbs.

• abroad ^{[2] [56] [lower-alpha 1]}
• adrift ^{[2] [56]}
• aft ^{[2] [56]}
• afterward(s) ^{[2] [58]}
• ahead ^{[2] [56] [lower-alpha 2]}
• apart ^{[2] [56]}
• ashore ^{[2] [56]}
• aside ^{[2] [56] [lower-alpha 3]}
• away ^{[2] [56]}
• back ^{[2] [56]}
• backward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• beforehand ^{[2] [58]}
• downhill ^{[2] [56]}
• downstage ^{[2] [56]}
• downstairs ^{[2] [56]}
• downstream ^{[2] [56]}
• downward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• downwind ^{[2] [56]}
• east ^[58]
• eastward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• forth ^{[2] [56] [lower-alpha 4]}
• forward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• heavenward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• hence ^{[2] [56]}
• henceforth ^{[2] [58]}
• here ^{[2] [56]}
• hereby ^{[2] [7]}
• herein ^{[2] [7]}
• hereof ^{[2] [7]}
• hereto ^{[2] [7]}
• herewith ^{[2] [7]}
• home ^{[2] [56]}
• homeward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• indoors ^{[2] [56]}
• inward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• leftward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• north ^[58]
• northeast ^[58]
• northward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• northwest ^[58]
• now ^{[2] [58]}
• onward(s) ^{[2] [56] [lower-alpha 5]}
• outdoors ^{[2] [56]}
• outward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• overboard ^{[2] [56]}
• overhead ^{[2] [56]}
• overland ^{[2] [56]}
• overseas ^{[2] [56]}
• rightward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• seaward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• skyward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• south ^[58]
• southeast ^[58]
• southward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• southwest ^[58]
• then ^{[2] [58]}
• thence ^{[2] [56]}
• thenceforth ^{[2] [58]}
• there ^{[2] [56]}
• thereby ^{[2] [7]}
• therein ^{[2] [7]}
• thereof ^{[2] [7]}
• thereto ^{[2] [7]}
• therewith ^{[2] [7]}
• together ^{[2] [56] [lower-alpha 6]}
• underfoot ^{[2] [56]}
• underground ^{[2] [56]}
• uphill ^{[2] [56]}
• upstage ^{[2] [56]}
• upstairs ^{[2] [56]}
• upstream ^{[2] [56]}
• upward(s) ^{[2] [56] [lower-alpha 7]}
• upwind ^{[2] [56]}
• west ^[58]
• westward(s) ^{[2] [56]}
• when ^{[2] [58]}
• whence ^{[2] [56]}
• where ^{[2] [56]}
• whereby ^{[2] [7]}
• wherein ^{[2] [7]}
• whereto ^{[2] [7]}
• wherewith ^{[2] [7]}

Conjunctive prepositions

The following are single-word prepositions that take clauses as complements. Prepositions marked with an asterisk in this section can only take non-finite clauses as complements. Note that dictionaries and grammars informed by concepts from traditional grammar may categorize these conjunctive prepositions as subordinating conjunctions.

• after ^{[65] [66]}
• although ^{[65] [66]}
• as ^{[65] [66]}
• at* ^[65]
• because ^{[65] [66]}
• before ^{[65] [66]}
• beside* ^[65]
• besides* ^[65]
• between* ^[65]
• by* ^[65]
• considering ^[66]
• despite* ^[65]
• except ^[66]
• for ^{[65] [66]}
• from* ^{[65] [lower-alpha 8]}
• given ^[66]
• granted ^[66]
• if (conditional sense) ^{[65] [66]}
• into* ^[65]
• lest ^{[65] [66]}
• like ^{[65] [66]}
• notwithstanding ^[66]
• now ^[66]
• of* ^[65]
• on* ^{[65] [66]}
• once ^{[65] [66]}
• provided ^[66]
• providing ^[66]
• save ^[66]
• seeing ^{[65] [66]}
• since ^{[65] [66]}
• so (purpose or result sense) ^{[65] [66]}
• supposing ^[66]
• than ^[65]
• though ^{[65] [66]}
• till ^{[65] [66]}
• to* ^[66]
• unless ^{[65] [66]}
• until ^{[65] [66]}
• upon* ^[65]
• when ^{[65] [66]}
• whenever ^[65]
• where ^{[65] [66]}
• whereas ^{[65] [66]}
• wherever
• while ^[65]
• whilst ^[65]
• with* ^[65]
• without* ^{[65] [lower-alpha 9]}

Postpositions

The following are postpositions, prepositions whose complements typically precede them. Note that some grammars classify prepositions and postpositions as different kinds of adpositions while other grammars categorize both under the heading of the more common variety in the language.

• ago ^{[69] [70]}
• apart ^{[69] [70]}
• aside ^{[69] [70]}
  • aslant (archaic)^{[ citation needed ]}
• away ^{[ citation needed ]}
• hence ^{[ citation needed ]}
• notwithstanding (also prepositional) ^{[69] [70]}
• on (usually prepositional but occurs in phrases like "ten years on") ^[70]
• over (usually prepositional but occurs in phrases like "the world over") ^[70]
• short (also prepositional)^{[ citation needed ]}
• through (usually prepositional but occurs in phrases like "the whole day through") ^[69]

Complex prepositions

The following are prepositions that consist of multiple words. They are categorized according to their structure.

Preposition + preposition

• according to ^{[71] [18]}
• across from ^{[ citation needed ]}
• ahead of ^{[71] [72]}
• along with ^[71]
• apart from ^[73]
• as for ^{[71] [74] [75]}
• as from (formal) ^{[71] [74] [75]}
• as of ^[75]
• as per ^{[71] [74]}
• as regards ^[76]
• as to ^{[71] [74] [75]}
• aside from ^{[71] [77]}
• away from ^{[71] [78]}
• back to ^{[ citation needed ]}
• because of ^{[71] [74]}
• counter to ^{[ citation needed ]}
• except for ^[79]
• in between ^{[71] [74]}
• instead of (informal) ^{[71] [80]}
• near to ^[71]
• next to ^{[71] [81]}
• opposite of ^{[ citation needed ]}
• out from ^{[ citation needed ]}
• out of ^{[71] [74]}
• outside of ^{[71] [82]}
• owing to ^{[71] [18]}
• pertaining to ^{[18] [83]}
• round about ^{[84] [85]}
• up against ^{[71] [74]}
• up to ^{[71] [74]}

Preposition + (article) + noun + preposition

English has many idiomatic expressions that act as prepositions that can be analyzed as a preposition followed by a noun (sometimes preceded by the definite or, occasionally, indefinite article) followed by another preposition. ^[86] Common examples include:

• at the behest of ^[87]
• at the expense of ^{[71] [87]}
• at the hands of ^{[71] [87]}
• at (the) risk of ^{[71] [87]}
• at variance with ^{[71] [87]}
• by dint of ^{[71] [87]}
• by means of ^{[71] [87]}
• by virtue of ^{[71] [87]}
• by way of ^{[71] [87]}
• for (the) sake of ^{[71] [87]}
• for lack of ^{[ citation needed ]}
• for/from want of ^{[71] [87]}
• in accordance with ^{[71] [87]}
• in addition to ^{[71] [87]}
• in case of ^{[71] [87]}
• in charge of ^{[71] [87]}
• in compliance with ^{[71] [87]}
• in conformity with ^{[71] [87]}
• in contact with ^{[71] [87]}
• in exchange for ^{[71] [87]}
• in favor of ^{[71] [87]}
• in front of ^{[71] [87]}
• in lieu of ^{[71] [87]}
• in (the) light of ^{[71] [87]}
• in line with ^{[71] [87]}
• in place of ^{[71] [87]}
• in point of ^{[ citation needed ]}
• in quest of ^{[71] [87]}
• in relation to ^{[71] [87]}
• in/with regard to ^[87]
• in/with respect to ^{[71] [87]}
• in return for ^{[71] [87]}
• in search of ^{[71] [87]}
• in spite of ^{[71] [87]}
• in step with ^{[71] [87]}
• in touch with ^{[71] [87]}
• in terms of ^{[71] [87]}
• in the name of ^{[71] [87]}
• in view of ^{[71] [87]}
• on account of ^{[71] [87]}
• on behalf of ^{[71] [87]}
• on (the) grounds of ^{[71] [87]}
• on the part of ^{[71] [87]}
• on top of ^{[71] [87]}
• with a view to ^{[71] [87]}
• with the exception of ^{[71] [87]}

Other complex prepositions

The following complex prepositions do not follow either of the common structures for complex prepositions.

• à la (or a la) ^{[9] [88]}
• as soon as ^[89]
• as well as ^{[71] [90]}
• close to ^[71]
• due to ^{[71] [91]}
• far from ^{[71] [92]}
• in case ^{[71] [93]}
• other than ^[94]
• per pro ^[95]
• prior to ^{[71] [96]}
• pursuant to ^[97]
• rather than ^[98]
• regardless of ^[99]
• subsequent to ^{[71] [100]}
• such as ^{[71] [101]}

Archaic, dialectal, or specialized

The following prepositions are not widely used in Present-Day English. Some, such as bating and forby, are archaic and typically only used to convey the tone of a bygone era. Others, such as ayond and side, are generally used only by speakers of a particular variety of English. Yet others are generally only used in specialized contexts, such as abaft in nautical settings and dehors in law.

Prototypical prepositions

• abaft (nautical) ^[102]
• abating (obsolete) ^[103]
• abeam (nautical) ^[104]
• ablow (Scottish and Irish English) ^[105]
• aboon (rare) ^[106]
• abouts (regional, U.S.) ^[107]
• acrost (regional, Australia, England, and U.S.) ^[108]
• adown (archaic; poetic; rare) ^[109]
• a-eastell (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[110]
• afore (archaic; regional, Southern and Midland U.S.; nautical) ^{[111] [112]}
• afornent (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[113]
• afront (obsolete; regional) ^[114]
• afterhand (rare; regional) ^[115]
• again (regional) ^[116]
• ahind (dialectal; archaic) ^[117]
• ajax (Polari)^{[ citation needed ]}
• alength (obsolete) ^[118]
• alongst (regional, Scotland and U.S.) ^[119]
• aloof (obsolete) ^[120]
• alow (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[105]
• amell (rare; regional, Northern England) ^[121]
• amidmost (poetic) ^[122]
• anear (archaic; regional) ^[123]
• aneath (poetic; regional, Scotland) ^[124]
• anent (obsolete; rare; regional, Scotland and Yorkshire) ^{[106] [125]}
• anewst (obsolete) ^[126]
• anunder (regional, Northern England, Ireland, and Scotland) ^[127]
• askant (archaic) ^{[128] [129]}
• asklent (regional, Northern England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland) ^[130]
• astern (nautical) ^[131]
• athwart (obsolete; dialectal; nautical) ^[132]
• atour (regional, Scotland) ^[133]
• atter (regional, Northern England, Southern U.S.) ^[134]
• atween (archaic; dialectal) ^[135]
• atwixt (archaic; dialectal) ^[136]
• a-weather (nautical; obsolete) ^[137]
• a-west (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[138]
• awestell (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[139]
• ayond, ayont (dialectal) ^[140]
• bating (archaic) ^[141]
• bedown (obsolete) ^[142]
• be-east (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[143]
• beforrow (obsolete) ^[144]
• behither (obsolete) ^[145]
• ben (dialectal, Scots ) ^[146]
• benorth (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[147]
• besouth (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[148]
• betwixt (archaic; poetical; dialectal) ^[149]
  • 'twixt (obsolete) ^[150]
• bewest (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[151]
• bongre (obsolete) ^[152]
• bout (regional) ^{[153] [154]}
• bove (poetic; regional) ^[155]
• 'cept (colloquial) ^[156]
• contrair (obsolete) ^[157]
• contrary (obsolete) ^[158]
• cross (dialectal; poetic) ^[159]
• dehors (law; rare) ^{[106] [160]}
• dot (mathematics) ^[161]
• durante (obsolete) ^[162]
• effore (obsolete) ^[163]
• emong, emonges(t) (obsolete) ^{[164] [165]}
• endlong, endlonges, endlongs (dialectal; obsolete) ^{[166] [167]}
• enduring (obsolete; rare, South and South Midland U.S.) ^{[168] [169]}
• ensuing (obsolete) ^[170]
• even-forth (obsolete) ^[171]
• ex (commerce) ^[172]
• excepted (obsolete) ^[173]
• extra (rare) ^[174]
• fae (dialectal, Scots ) ^[175]
• forby(e) (archaic) ^{[106] [176]}
• fore (regional, U.S.) ^[177]
• fornent, fornenst (obsolete; regional, Northern England and Scotland) ^[178]
• foregain, foregains, foregainst (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[179]
• forne (obsolete) ^[180]
• forout, forouten (obsolete) ^[181]
• forrow (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[182]
• forth (archaic) ^[183]
• fro (dialectal, Scots ) ^[184]
• fromward, fromwards (obsolete) ^[185]
• froward (archaic) ^[186]
• furth ( Scotland )^{[ citation needed ]}
• gain (obsolete) ^[187]
• gainst (informal; poetic) ^{[188] [189]}
• gainward (obsolete) ^[190]
• gin (regional, Northern England, Ireland, and Scotland) ^[191]
• half-way, halfway (obsolete) ^[192]
• hent (obsolete) ^[193]
• inboard (nautical) ^[194]
• incontrair (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[195]
• indurand (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[196]
• inmid, inmiddes ^{[ citation needed ]}
• inter (obsolete; rare) ^[197]
• inthrough (regional, Scotland) ^[198]
• intil, intill (rare; dialectal, Scots ) ^{[106] [199]}
• inwith (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[200]
• i'th' (archaic; poetic; regional) ^[201]
• 'long (regional) ^[202]
• longs (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[203]
• longst (obsolete; poetic) ^[204]
• longways (rare) ^[205]
• malgrado (obsolete) ^[206]
• malgré (archaic; rare) ^{[106] [207]}
• mang ( Devon )^{[ citation needed ]}
• maugre (archaic) ^[208]
• midmost (obsolete) ^[209]
• mids (obsolete) ^[210]
• midward (obsolete) ^[211]
• midway (rare) ^[212]
• 'mong (poetic or dialectal) ^[213]
• 'mongst (poetic or dialectal) ^[214]
• more (obsolete) ^[215]
• moreover (obsolete) ^[216]
• moyening (obsolete) ^[217]
• natheless, nathless (archaic; literary; rare) ^{[106] [218]}
• nearabout, nearbout (colloquial; regional) ^{[219] [220]}
• nearby (regional, Scotland) ^[221]
• nearhand (regional, Northern England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland) ^[222]
• 'neath (poetic) ^[223]
• nigh, anigh, anighst (archaic of regional) ^{[224] [225] [226]}
• nigh-hand (regional, Northern and Midland England, Ireland, and Scotland) ^[227]
• nobbut (rare; regional, Northern England) ^[228]
• non-obstant (obsolete) ^[229]
• notwithstand (obsolete) ^[230]
• noughtwithstanding (obsolete) ^[231]
• offa (colloquial; regional) ^[232]
• offen (regional) ^[233]
• only (regional, Southern U.S. and South Midland U.S.) ^[234]
• or (archaic) ^[235]
• otherside (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[236]
• outcept (obsolete) ^[237]
• outen (regional) ^[238]
• out-over (regional, Scotland) ^[239]
• outta (colloquial; regional, U.S.) ^[240]
• out-taken (obsolete) ^[241]
• out-taking (obsolete) ^[242]
• out-through (regional, Scotland) ^[243]
• outwith (regional, Scotland) ^[244]
• overcross (archaic; rare) ^[245]
• over-right (regional, Scotland, Southern England, Ireland, Newfoundland) ^[246]
• overthorter (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[247]
• overthwart (archaic; regional, Eastern, Midland, and Northern England) ^[248]
• overtop (regional, North America) ^[249]
• pan (regional, Jamaica) ^[250]
• pass (regional, Caribbean) ^[251]
• pon (archaic; regional, Caribbean and Southwestern England) ^[252]
• quoad (law) ^[253]
• reserved (obsolete) ^[254]
• reserving (obsolete) ^[255]
• sauf (archaic) ^[256]
• seen (obsolete) ^[257]
• sen (rare; regional, Northern England and Scotland) ^[258]
• senza (music) ^[259]
• side (dialectal, African-American English ) ^[260]
• sidelings (obsolete) ^[261]
• sidelong (obsolete) ^[262]
• sides (dialectal, African-American English) ^[263]
• sin (dialectal, Northern England English and Scots) ^[264]
• sineth (obsolete) ^[265]
• sith (archaic) ^[266]
• sithen (obsolete) ^[267]
• sithence (obsolete) ^[268]
• ter (regional) ^[269]
• thorough (archaic; poetic; rare) ^[270]
• thorter (regional, Scotland) ^[271]
• thwart (archaic; nautical; poetic) ^[272]
• thwart-over (dialectal; obsolete) ^[273]
• tiv (dialectal, Northern England English) ^[274]
• touchant (obsolete) ^[275]
• transverse (obsolete) ^[276]
• traverse (obsolete) ^[277]
• twel(l), twill (dialectal, African-American English) ^[278]
• ultra (obsolete; poetic) ^[279]
• umbe (obsolete) ^{[280] [281]}
• unneath (obsolete; poetic) ^[282]
• upo’ (dialectal, Northern England English and Scots) ^[283]
• upside (slang) ^{[284] [lower-alpha 10]}
• upsy, upsees (archaic; obsolete) ^{[286] [287]}
• uptill ^[288]
• utouth (obsolete; regional, Scotland) ^[289]
• wid (dialectal, African-American English) ^[290]
• withinside (archaic; dialectal) ^[291]
• withoutside (obsolete; rare) ^[292]
• wiv (dialectal, African-American English and Cockney ) ^{[290] [293]}
• ymong (obsolete) ^[294]
• yond (obsolete) ^[295]
• yonside (regional, South Midland U.S.) ^[296]

Intransitive prepositions

• aground (archaic; poetic) ^{[2] [56] [297]}
• bush (regional, Australia) ^[58]
• hereat (archaic; obsolete) ^{[2] [7] [298]}
• herefrom (rare) ^{[2] [7] [299]}
• hereon (rare) ^{[2] [7] [300]}
• hither (archaic) ^[58]
• thereat (archaic; formal) ^{[2] [7] [301]}
• therefrom (archaic; formal) ^{[2] [7] [302]}
• thereon (archaic; formal) ^{[2] [7] [303]}
• thither (archaic) ^[58]
• whereat (archaic; formal) ^{[2] [7] [304]}
• wherefrom (archaic; formal) ^{[2] [7] [305]}
• whereof (archaic; formal) ^{[2] [7] [306]}
• whereon (archaic; formal) ^{[2] [7] [307]}
• whither (archaic) ^[58]
• yonder (archaic; dialectal) ^[58]

Conjunctive prepositions

• but (archaic in uses such as "There wasn't one among them but would have taken my place.") ^[66]

Postpositions

• withal (archaic) ^[308]

Complex prepositions

• at after (regional, England) ^[309]
• down on (colloquial) ^[310]
• ex relatione (law) ^[311]
• hard by (archaic) ^[312]
• inside of (colloquial; regional, Australia and U.S.) ^[313]
• non obstante (law) ^[314]
• nigh by (obsolete) ^[315]
• opposite to (regional, Britain) ^[316]

See also

• Preposition and postposition
• Preposition stranding

Notes

1. Abroad can also be used transitively in a rare sense of the term: "We scatter abroad the face of the earth." ^[57]
2. Ahead can also be used transitively in a rare sense of the term: "I saw the figure of my friend ahead me." ^[59]
3. Aside can also be used transitively in certain regional varieties: "The boys were often seated aside the girls." ^[60]
4. Forth can also be used transitively in a rare sense of the term: "I may fetch you from forth this loathsome prison house." ^[61]
5. Onward could also be used transitively in an obsolete sense of the term: "Two of that troupe conducted him onward the way to Babylon." ^[62]
6. Together could also be used transitively in an obsolete sense of the term: "You will find the worth and value of it together the whole process of the great work of sugar making." ^[63]
7. Upward could also be used transitively in an obsolete sense of the term: "Whether to surprise the squatted hare or flit upward ragged precipices." ^[64]
8. An obsolete sense of from could also take a finite clause: "From we rise till we go to bed." ^[67]
9. An obsolete sense of without could also take a finite clause: "Man can put up with only so much without he descends a rung or two on the old evolutionary ladder." ^[68]
10. This sense of upside seems limited to discussion of strikes to the head: "He went upside her head with a meat mallet." "A white cop comes up and go upside your knot." ^[285]

References

1. "a 3." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=a+3. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
2. Aarts, Bas.Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 76-77.
3. Quirk, Randolph, et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. Longman, 1985. pp. 665-67.
4. "abt., prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
5. "abreast." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=abreast. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
6. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 610. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
7. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 613. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
8. "aloft." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=aloft. Accessed 18 July 2020.
9. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 635. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
10. "anti." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=anti. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020.
11. "apropos." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=apropos. Accessed 6 July 2020.
12. "aslant." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=aslant. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
13. "astride." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=astride. Accessed 6 July 2020.
14. "at sign." Dictionary.com Pop Culture Dictionary, Dictionary.com, 2020, www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/at-sign/. Accessed 20 July 2020.
15. "atop." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=atop. Accessed 6 July 2020.
16. "bar 1." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=bar. Accessed 6 July 2020.
17. Aarts, Bas.Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 80. ISBN   978-0-19-953319-0. OCLC 663438373
18. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
19. "B4." Collins COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary, HarperCollins, 2020, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/b4. Accessed 20 July 2020.
20. "neath." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=neath. Accessed 6 July 2020.
21. "'tween, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
22. "but." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=but. Accessed 6 July 2020.
23. "chez." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=chez. Accessed 6 July 2020.
24. "circa." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=circa. Accessed 6 July 2020.
25. "cum 1." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=cum+1. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
26. "less." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=less. Accessed 6 July 2020.
27. "mod 2." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=mod+2. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
28. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 609. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
29. "o'." Collins COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary, HarperCollins, 2020, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/o. Accessed 20 July 2020.
30. "offshore, adv., adj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
31. "out." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=out. Accessed 6 July 2020.
32. "o’er." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=o%27er. Accessed 6 July 2020.
33. "pace 2." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=pace. Accessed 6 July 2020.
34. "pending." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q= pending. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
35. "per." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=per. Accessed 6 July 2020.
36. "post, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
37. "pre, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
38. "pro, n.1, adj.1, and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
39. "qua, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
40. "save 2." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=save. Accessed 7 July 2020.
41. "sub, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
42. "thru." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=thru. Accessed 7 July 2020.
43. "thruout." The Century Dictionary, vol. IX, Century Co., 1911, p. 870, babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015036876855&view=1up&seq=870. Accessed 20 July 2020.
44. "till 2." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=till. Accessed 7 July 2020.
45. "t', prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
46. "touching, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
47. "unto, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
48. "versus." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=versus. Accessed 7 July 2020.
49. "vice 3." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=vice. Accessed 7 July 2020.
50. "vis-à-vis." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=vis-à-vis. Accessed 7 July 2020.
51. "w." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=w. Accessed 20 July 2020.
52. "c̄" Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, 2020, www.dictionary.com/browse/-c-. Accessed 20 July 2020.
53. "'thout, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
54. "w/o." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=w%2Fo. Accessed 20 July 2020.
55. "Worth." Merriam-Webster.com, Merriam-Webster, n.d., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worth. Accessed 4 Jan. 2024.
56. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 614. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
57. "abroad, adv., prep., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
58. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 615. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
59. "ahead, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
60. "aside (of) prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 11 Aug. 2020.
61. "forth, adv., prep., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
62. "onward, prep., adv., and adj.2" Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
63. "together, adv., prep., n., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
64. "upward, adv., prep., adj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
65. Aarts, Bas.Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 154.
66. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. “4.8 Complement of a Preposition or Adverb.” The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002, pp. 971-72. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
67. "from, prep., adv., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 July 2020.
68. "without, adv., prep., conj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 July 2020.
69. Aarts, Bas.Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 79.
70. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. pp. 631-32. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
71. Aarts, Bas. Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 78. ISBN   978-0-19-953319-0. OCLC 663438373
72. "ahead of." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=ahead+of. Accessed 12 July 2020.
73. "apart from." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=apart+from. Accessed 20 July 2020.
74. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. pp. 624-26. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
75. "as, adv. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
76. "as regards." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=as+regards. Accessed 12 July 2020.
77. "aside, adv., prep., adj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
78. "away, adv., adj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
79. "except." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=except. Accessed 12 July 2020.
80. "instead of." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=instead+of. Accessed 12 July 2020.
81. "next." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=next. Accessed 12 July 2020.
82. "outside of." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=outside+of. Accessed 12 July 2020.
83. "pertain, v." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
84. "round about, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
85. "round about." Collins English Dictionary, HarperCollins, 2020, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/round-about. Accessed 30 July 2020.
86. Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum; et al. (2002). "chapter 7 §3.1". The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 618–620. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
87. Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. pp. 618-20. ISBN   0-521-43146-8.
88. "à la." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=à+la. Accessed 12 July 2020.
89. "soon, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
90. "as well as." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=as+well+as. Accessed 12 July 2020.
91. "due to." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=due+to. Accessed 12 July 2020.
92. "far." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=far. Accessed 12 July 2020.
93. "in case, conj. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
94. "other than." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=other+than. Accessed 12 July 2020.
95. "per pro., prep. (adv. and adj.)." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
96. "prior to." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=prior+to. Accessed 12 July 2020.
97. "pursuant to." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=pursuant+to. Accessed 12 July 2020.
98. "rather than." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=rather+than. Accessed 12 July 2020.
99. "regardless of." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=regardless+of. Accessed 12 July 2020.
100. "subsequent to." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=subsequent+to. Accessed 12 July 2020.
101. "such." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=such. Accessed 12 July 2020.
102. "abaft." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=abaft. Accessed 12 July 2020.
103. "abating, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
104. "abeam." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=abeam. Accessed 12 July 2020.
105. "ablow, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
106. "Aboon, and Other Prepositions You’ve Never Heard." Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2020, www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/prepositions-youve-never-heard-of. Accessed 16 July 2020.
107. "abouts, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
108. "acrost, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
109. "adown, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
110. "a-eastell, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
111. "afore, adv., prep., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
112. "afore." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=afore. Accessed 6 July 2020.
113. "afornent, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
114. "afront, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
115. "afterhand, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
116. "again, adv., prep., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
117. "ahind, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
118. "alength, adv. (and adj.) and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
119. "alongst, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
120. "aloof, adv., int., adj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
121. "amell, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
122. "amidmost, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
123. "anear, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
124. "aneath, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
125. "anent, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
126. "anewst, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
127. "anunder, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
128. "askant." Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/askant. Accessed 18 Aug. 2020.
129. "askant, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
130. "asklent, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
131. "astern, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
132. "athwart, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
133. "atour, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
134. "atter, prep., conj., and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
135. "atween, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
136. "atwixt, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
137. "a-weather, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
138. "a-west, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
139. "awestell, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
140. "ayond | ayont, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
141. "bating." Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/bating. Accessed 18 Aug. 2020.
142. "bedown, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
143. "'be-east, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
144. "beforrow, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
145. "behither, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
146. "ben." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=ben. Accessed 12 July 2020.
147. "'benorth, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
148. "'besouth, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
149. "betwixt, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
150. "'twixt, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
151. "'bewest, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
152. "bongre, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
153. "about prep, adv." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 11 Aug. 2020.
154. "bout, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
155. "bove, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
156. "'cept, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
157. "contrair, adj., n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
158. "contrary, adj., n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
159. "cross, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
160. "dehors, prep. and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 16 July 2020.
161. "dot, n.1 and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
162. "durante, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
163. "effore, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
164. "emong, prep. and adv. " Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
165. "emonges(t), prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
166. "endlong, prep., adv., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
167. "endlonges | endlongs, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
168. "enduring, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
169. "enduring prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 11 Aug. 2020.
170. "ensuing, adj. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
171. "even-forth, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
172. "ex, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
173. "excepted, adj. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
174. "extra, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
175. "fae, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
176. "forby(e, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
177. "fore prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 11 Aug. 2020.
178. "fornent | fornenst, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
179. "foregain | foregains(t, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
180. "forne, adv., adj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
181. "forout | forouten, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
182. "forrow, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
183. "forth." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=forth. Accessed 12 July 2020.
184. "fro." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=forth. Accessed 12 July 2020.
185. "fromward, adj., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
186. "froward, adj., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
187. "gain, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
188. "gainst." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=gainst. Accessed 6 July 2020.
189. "gainst." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
190. "gainward, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
191. "gin, prep. and conj.2." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
192. "half-way | halfway, adv., adj., n., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
193. "hent, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
194. "inboard, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
195. "incontrair, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
196. "indurand, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
197. "inter, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
198. "inthrough, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
199. "intill | intil, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 16 July 2020.
200. "inwith, prep., adv. (and adj.), and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
201. "i'th', prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
202. "'long, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
203. "longs, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
204. "longst, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
205. "longways, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
206. "malgrado, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
207. "malgré, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 16 July 2020.
208. "maugre." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=maugre. Accessed 13 July 2020.
209. "midmost, adj., n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
210. "mids, n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
211. "midward, adj., n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
212. "midway, n., adv., adj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
213. "'mong, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
214. "'mongst, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
215. "more, adj., pron., adv., n.3, and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
216. "moreover, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
217. "moyening, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
218. "natheless, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 16 July 2020.
219. "nearabout, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
220. "nearbout, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
221. "nearby, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
222. "nearhand, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
223. "'neath, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
224. "nigh, adv. (and prep.), adj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
225. "anigh, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
226. "anighst, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
227. "nigh hand, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
228. "nobbut, prep., conj., and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
229. "non-obstant, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
230. "notwithstand, conj., prep., and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
231. "noughtwithstanding, prep., adv., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
232. "offa, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
233. "offen, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
234. "only adj, adv, prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 28 July 2020.
235. "or 2." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=or. Accessed 13 July 2020.
236. "otherside, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
237. "outcept, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
238. "outen, adv., adj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
239. "out-over, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
240. "outta, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
241. "out-taken, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
242. "out-taking, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
243. "out-through, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
244. "outwith, prep., adv., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
245. "overcross, prep., adv., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
246. "over-right, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
247. "overthorter, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
248. "overthwart, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
249. "overtop, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
250. "pan, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
251. "pass, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
252. "pon, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
253. "quoad, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
254. "reserved, conj. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
255. "reserving, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
256. "sauf, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
257. "seen, conj. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
258. "sen, adv., prep., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
259. "senza, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
260. "side, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
261. "sidelings, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
262. "sidelong, adv.1, prep., and adj.2" Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
263. "sides adv, prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 28 July 2020.
264. "sin, adv., prep., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
265. "sineth, adv., prep., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
266. "sith." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=sith. Accessed 30 July 2020.
267. "sithen, adv., conj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
268. "sithence, adv., conj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
269. "ter, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
270. "thorough, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
271. "thorter, adv., prep., adj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
272. "thwart, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
273. "thwart-over, prep., adv., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
274. "tiv, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
275. "touchant, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
276. "transverse, adj., n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
277. "traverse, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
278. "till prep, conj." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 28 July 2020.
279. "ultra, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
280. "umbe, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
281. "umbe." The Century Dictionary, vol. X, Century Co., 1911, p. 6572, babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015036876848&view=1up&seq=214. Accessed 30 July 2020.
282. "unneath, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
283. "upo', prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
284. "upside." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=upside. Accessed 7 July 2020.
285. "upside, n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
286. "upsy, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
287. "upsees, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
288. "uptill." The Century Dictionary, vol. X, Century Co., 1911, p. 6664, babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015036876848&view=1up&seq=306. Accessed 20 July 2020.
289. "utouth, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
290. "with, adv, prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 28 July 2020.
291. "withinside, adv., prep., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
292. "withoutside, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
293. "wiv, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
294. "ymong, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
295. "yond, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
296. "yonside, adv, prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 28 July 2020.
297. "aground, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
298. "hereat, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
299. "herefrom, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
300. "hereon, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
301. "thereat, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
302. "therefrom, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
303. "thereon, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
304. "whereat, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
305. "wherefrom, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
306. "whereof." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=whereof. Accessed 18 July 2020.
307. "whereon, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
308. "withal, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
309. "at after, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020.
310. "down, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
311. "ex relatione, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020.
312. "hard by, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
313. "inside, n., adj., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
314. "non obstante." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=non+obstante. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020.
315. "nigh by, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020.
316. "opposite to." Collins English Dictionary, HarperCollins, 2020, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/opposite-to. Accessed 26 Aug. 2020.

External links

• Wiktionary list of English prepositions
• The Visual Guide to English Prepositions Part 1/2: Place & Direction (Infographic)
• The Visual Guide to English Prepositions Part 2/2: Time (Infographic)