adprep

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shortening.

Noun[edit]

adprep (plural adpreps)

  1. (grammar) A word that functions both as an adverb and as a preposition.
    • 2000, Claudia Claridge, Multi-word Verbs in Early Modern English: A Corpus-based Study:
      Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb and a primary, invariable adverb, the latter including the heads of reduced prepositional phrases but excluding adpreps.

Anagrams[edit]

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