Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prepositional verb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
prepo-si-tion-al verb
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A two-word phrase, consisting of a verb and a preposition, that has idiomatic meaning.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does prepositional verb mean?
A two-word phrase, consisting of a verb and a preposition, that has idiomatic meaning.

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