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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

“Writers often choose access when discussing complex ideas.”

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adpositional

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/ad-puh-ZISH-uh-nl/

Relating to an adposition, a word that shows the relationship between other words, such as a preposition or postposition.

In a Sentence

“The linguist noted that the adpositional phrase clarified the sentence's meaning.”

Origin

Late Middle English, from Latin adpositio ‘a placing’ + -al.

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Synonyms

prepositionalpostpositionalrelationalgrammaticalsyntactic

Antonyms

non-adpositional

Related Words

adpositionadpositionalityprepositionpostpositionprepositionalpostpositionalsyntaxgrammar

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