List of Prepositions

This list of prepositions will help you understand what a preposition is.
Be sure to listen to the preposition song!
Quick refresher: Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence.

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Preposition List

* Notice that this list of prepositions contains one word, two word, and three word prepositions. Sometimes, words act together to form one preposition.

A

aboard, about, above, across, after, against, ahead of, along, amid,

amidst, among, around, as, as far as, as of, aside from, at, athwart, atop

B

barring, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides,

between, beyond, but, by, by means of

C

circa, concerning

D

despite, down, during

E

except, except for, excluding

F

far from, following, for, from

I

in, in accordance with, in addition to, in case of, in front of, in lieu of,

in place of, in spite of, including, inside, instead of, into

L

like

M

minus

N

near, next to

O

of, off, on, on account of, on behalf of, on top of, onto, opposite, out,

out of, outside, over

P

past, plus, prior to

R

regarding, regardless of

S

save, since

T

than, through, till, to, toward, towards

U

under, underneath, unlike, until, up, upon

V

versus, via

W

with, with regard to, within, without