Prepositions List, Meaning & Examples

Here is the complete preposition list which are indicative of direction with their meanings.

 

Preposition of Direction	Prepositions Meaning
Above	Higher relative to something else
Across	On the other side of
Along	Beside
Among	Within a group
Around	In a circular way
At	Indicates a particular point
Behind	At the back of
Below	Lower relative to something else
Beside	Next to
Close to	Near
Over	Above
Through	From one point to the next
Toward	In the direction of
Up	From low to high
Down	From high to low
Between	In the space separating two things
By	Near
Inside/In	Within
Near	Close by
Next to	Beside
On	Touching something
Onto	Moving on top of something
Off	Away from
Past	On the father side of
Under	Below something

Some appropriate preposition examples list is provided below:

1. They went by bus.

2. Look to the right and you will see your destination.

3. Meet me at the flower shop.

4. The dog climbed onto the bed.

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Preposition of Time:

According to English Grammar rules, the words are used to refer to time in various aspects.

These types of preposition words are gathered in the below preposition list with their meaning.

Preposition of Time	Preposition Meaning
On	Days (of the week) & dates
In	Months/seasons/year, part of the day, after a period
At	A specific point of time, exceptions
Since	From a specific point in time until now (past till now)
For	Over a certain period of time
Ago	From now to a specific point in the past (now till past)
During	Throughout the course
Before	Previous to in time, earlier than
After	Subsequent in time, at a later time than
Until (Till)	Up to a certain point in time
To/ past	Telling the time
From/ To	A starting point/ an end point
By	Not later than

Following is the preposition exercises with answer to understand easily by the aspirants.

1. We arrived on Monday.

2. The seminar starts at 10 a.m.

3. The company was founded in the 20th century.

4. They got married on Friday the 5th June.

Preposition of Place:

Those words which indicating positions of the object in the sentence, it’s the place preposition definition.

The below preposition list covers all these kinds of prepositions which are indicating the place.

Preposition of Place	Prepositions Meaning
In	Position or state inside
At	In the area of, specific position,  an event (or a place related to it)
On	Position above, in contact with, for  a certain side, the state or process  of & means of conveyance
Off	From a place or position
By, Beside	At the side of, close to & next to
Under	In a lower position, beneath the  surface
Over	In or at a position above, more than
Below	In or to a lower place, beneath
Above	Overhead
Up	From a lower towards a higher point
Down	A descending direction

Some appropriate preposition examples according to grammar rules are provided below:

1. We live in India.

2. There is a cat under the table.

3. I hung my coat behind the door.

4. A path above the lake.

Other English Grammar Prepositions:

The prepositions in English grammar which are not satisfy the conditions of time, place & direction they take place in this section.

All these kinds of preposition words in grammar are catered in the following preposition list with meaning.

English Grammar Prepositions	Preposition Meaning
Or	Originating from, composed of, associated with, belonging to
By	In the name of; through the agency oraction of
About	Estimation of quantity, on the subject of
For	Indicates the object, aim or purpose
With	In the presence or use of