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PREPOSITIONAL OBJECT
Dictionary entry overview: What does prepositional object mean?
• PREPOSITIONAL OBJECT (noun)
The noun PREPOSITIONAL OBJECT has 1 sense:
1. the object governed by a preposition
Familiarity information: PREPOSITIONAL OBJECT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The object governed by a preposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
object of a preposition; prepositional object
Hypernyms ("prepositional object" is a kind of...):
object ((grammar) a constituent that is acted upon)
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