List of English prepositions#Single words

The following are single-word prepositions that can take a noun phrase complement following the preposition. Prepositions in this section may also take other kinds of complements in addition to noun phrase complements. Prepositions marked with an asterisk can be used transitively or intransitively; that is, they can take noun phrase complements (e.g., he was in the house) or not (e.g., he was in).

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• a"a 3." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=a+3. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• aboard*Aarts, Bas.Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 76-77.
• about*Quirk, Randolph, et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. Longman, 1985. pp. 665-67.
• abt. (written abbreviation)"abt., prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• above*
• abreast"abreast." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=abreast. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• absentHuddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 610. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}.
• across*
• after*Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 613. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}.
• against*
• aloft*"aloft." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=aloft. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• along*
• alongside*
• amidHuddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 635. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}.
• amidst
• mid
• midst
• among
• amongst
• anti"anti." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=anti. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020.
• apropos*"apropos." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=apropos. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• around*
• round*
• as
• aslant"aslant." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=aslant. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• astride"astride." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=astride. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• at
• @ (written alternative)"at sign." Dictionary.com Pop Culture Dictionary, Dictionary.com, 2020, www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/at-sign/. Accessed 20 July 2020.
• atop"atop." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=atop. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• ontop (nonstandard){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• bar"bar 1." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=bar. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• barringAarts, Bas.Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 80. {{ISBN|978-0-19-953319-0}}. OCLC 663438373Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}.
• before*
• B4 (written abbreviation)"B4." Collins COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary, HarperCollins, 2020, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/b4. Accessed 20 July 2020.
• behind*
• below*
• beneath*
• neath"neath." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=neath. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• beside
• besides*
• between*
• 'tween"'tween, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• beyond*
• but"but." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=but. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• by*
• chez"chez." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=chez. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• circa"circa." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=circa. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• c., ca. (abbreviations)
• come
• concerning
• contra
• counting
• cum"cum 1." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=cum+1. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• despite
• spite (abbreviation){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• down*
• during
• effective
• ere
• except
• excepting
• excluding
• failing
• following
• for
• 4 (abbreviation){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• from
• in*
• including
• inside*
• into
• less"less." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=less. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• like
• minus
• modulo
• mod (abbreviation)"mod 2." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=mod+2. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• near*
• nearer (comparative)Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 609. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}.
• nearest (superlative)
• next
• notwithstanding* (also postpositional)
• of
• o' (written alternative; informal)"o'." Collins COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary, HarperCollins, 2020, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/o. Accessed 20 July 2020.
• off*
• offshore"offshore, adv., adj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• on*
• onto
• opposite
• out"out." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=out. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• outside*
• over*
• o'er"o’er." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=o%27er. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• pace"pace 2." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=pace. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• past*
• pending"pending." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q= pending. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• per"per." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=per. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• plus
• post"post, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• pre"pre, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• pro"pro, n.1, adj.1, and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• qua"qua, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• re
• regarding
• respecting
• sans
• save"save 2." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=save. Accessed 7 July 2020.
• saving
• short{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• since*
• sub"sub, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• than
• through*
• thru (informal)"thru." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=thru. Accessed 7 July 2020.
• throughout*
• thruout (simplified spelling)"thruout." The Century Dictionary, vol. IX, Century Co., 1911, p. 870, babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015036876855&view=1up&seq=870. Accessed 20 July 2020.
• till"till 2." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=till. Accessed 7 July 2020.
• times
• to*
• t' (abbreviation)"t', prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• 2 (abbreviation){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• touching (archaic)"touching, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
• toward, towards
• under*
• underneath*
• unlike
• until
• unto (poetic)"unto, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
• up*
• upon
• versus"versus." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=versus. Accessed 7 July 2020.
• vs., v. (abbreviations)
• via
• vice"vice 3." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=vice. Accessed 7 July 2020. (formal){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• vis-à-vis"vis-à-vis." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=vis-à-vis. Accessed 7 July 2020. (formal){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• wanting
• with
• w/, w. (abbreviation)"w." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=w. Accessed 20 July 2020.
• c̄ (abbreviation in prescriptions)"c̄" Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, 2020, www.dictionary.com/browse/-c-. Accessed 20 July 2020.
• within*
• w/i (abbreviation){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• without*
• 'thout"'thout, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
• w/o (abbreviation)"w/o." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=w%2Fo. Accessed 20 July 2020.
• worth"Worth." Merriam-Webster.com, Merriam-Webster, n.d., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worth. Accessed 4 Jan. 2024.

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The following are single-word intransitive prepositions. This portion of the list includes only prepositions that are always intransitive; prepositions that can occur with or without noun phrase complements (that is, transitively or intransitively) are listed with the prototypical prepositions. Note that dictionaries and grammars informed by concepts from traditional grammar may categorize these intransitive prepositions as adverbs.

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• abroadHuddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 614. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}.{{efn|Abroad can also be used transitively in a rare sense of the term: "We scatter abroad the face of the earth.""abroad, adv., prep., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.}}
• adrift
• aft
• afterward(s)Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 615. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}.
• ahead{{efn|Ahead can also be used transitively in a rare sense of the term: "I saw the figure of my friend ahead me.""ahead, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.}}
• apart
• ashore
• aside{{efn|Aside can also be used transitively in certain regional varieties: "The boys were often seated aside the girls.""aside (of) prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 11 Aug. 2020.}}
• away
• back
• backward(s)
• beforehand
• downhill
• downstage
• downstairs
• downstream
• downward(s)
• downwind
• east
• eastward(s)
• forth{{efn|Forth can also be used transitively in a rare sense of the term: "I may fetch you from forth this loathsome prison house.""forth, adv., prep., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.}}
• forward(s)
• heavenward(s)
• hence
• henceforth
• here
• hereby
• herein
• hereof
• hereto
• herewith
• home
• homeward(s)
• indoors
• inward(s)
• leftward(s)
• north
• northeast
• northward(s)
• northwest
• now
• onward(s){{efn|Onward could also be used transitively in an obsolete sense of the term: "Two of that troupe conducted him onward the way to Babylon.""onward, prep., adv., and adj.2" Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.}}
• outdoors
• outward(s)
• overboard
• overhead
• overland
• overseas
• rightward(s)
• seaward(s)
• skyward(s)
• south
• southeast
• southward(s)
• southwest
• then
• thence
• thenceforth
• there
• thereby
• therein
• thereof
• thereto
• therewith
• together{{efn|Together could also be used transitively in an obsolete sense of the term: "You will find the worth and value of it together the whole process of the great work of sugar making.""together, adv., prep., n., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.}}
• underfoot
• underground
• uphill
• upstage
• upstairs
• upstream
• upward(s){{efn|Upward could also be used transitively in an obsolete sense of the term: "Whether to surprise the squatted hare or flit upward ragged precipices.""upward, adv., prep., adj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.}}
• upwind
• west
• westward(s)
• when
• whence
• where
• whereby
• wherein
• whereto
• wherewith

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The following are single-word prepositions that take clauses as complements. Prepositions marked with an asterisk in this section can only take non-finite clauses as complements. Note that dictionaries and grammars informed by concepts from traditional grammar may categorize these conjunctive prepositions as subordinating conjunctions.

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• afterAarts, Bas.Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 154.Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. “4.8 Complement of a Preposition or Adverb.” The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002, pp. 971-72. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}.
• although
• as
• at*
• because
• before
• beside*
• besides*
• between*
• by*
• considering
• despite*
• except
• for
• from*{{efn|An obsolete sense of from could also take a finite clause: "From we rise till we go to bed.""from, prep., adv., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 July 2020.}}
• given
• granted
• if (conditional sense)
• into*
• lest
• like
• notwithstanding
• now
• of*
• on*
• once
• provided
• providing
• save
• seeing
• since
• so (purpose or result sense)
• supposing
• than
• though
• till
• to*
• unless
• until
• upon*
• when
• whenever
• where
• whereas
• wherever
• while
• whilst
• with*
• without*{{efn|An obsolete sense of without could also take a finite clause: "Man can put up with only so much without he descends a rung or two on the old evolutionary ladder.""without, adv., prep., conj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 July 2020.}}

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The following are postpositions, prepositions whose complements typically precede them. Note that some grammars classify prepositions and postpositions as different kinds of adpositions while other grammars categorize both under the heading of the more common variety in the language.

• agoAarts, Bas.Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 79.Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. pp. 631-32. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}.
• apart
• aside
• aslant (archaic){{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• away{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}
• hence{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}
• notwithstanding (also prepositional)
• on (usually prepositional but occurs in phrases like "ten years on")
• over (usually prepositional but occurs in phrases like "the world over")
• short (also prepositional){{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• through (usually prepositional but occurs in phrases like "the whole day through")

The following are prepositions that consist of multiple words. They are categorized according to their structure.

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• according toAarts, Bas. Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 78. {{ISBN|978-0-19-953319-0}}. OCLC 663438373
• across from{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• ahead of"ahead of." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=ahead+of. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• along with
• apart from"apart from." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=apart+from. Accessed 20 July 2020.
• as forHuddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. pp. 624-26. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}."as, adv. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• as from (formal)
• as of
• as per
• as regards"as regards." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=as+regards. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• as to
• aside from"aside, adv., prep., adj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• away from"away, adv., adj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• back to{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• because of
• counter to{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• except for"except." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=except. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• in between
• instead of (informal)"instead of." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=instead+of. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• near to
• next to"next." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=next. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• opposite of{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• out from{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• out of
• outside of"outside of." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=outside+of. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• owing to
• pertaining to"pertain, v." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• round about"round about, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020."round about." Collins English Dictionary, HarperCollins, 2020, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/round-about. Accessed 30 July 2020.
• up against
• up to

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English has many idiomatic expressions that act as prepositions that can be analyzed as a preposition followed by a noun (sometimes preceded by the definite or, occasionally, indefinite article) followed by another preposition.{{cite book|chapter=chapter 7 §3.1|pages=618–620|place=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2002|isbn=0-521-43146-8|author=Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum|title=The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language|display-authors=etal}} Common examples include:

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• at the behest ofHuddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. pp. 618-20. {{ISBN|0-521-43146-8}}.
• at the expense of
• at the hands of
• at (the) risk of
• at variance with
• by dint of
• by means of
• by virtue of
• by way of
• for (the) sake of
• for lack of{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• for/from want of
• in accordance with
• in addition to
• in case of
• in charge of
• in compliance with
• in conformity with
• in contact with
• in exchange for
• in favor of
• in front of
• in lieu of
• in (the) light of
• in line with
• in place of
• in point of{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• in quest of
• in relation to
• in/with regard to
• in/with respect to
• in return for
• in search of
• in spite of
• in step with
• in touch with
• in terms of
• in the name of
• in view of
• on account of
• on behalf of
• on (the) grounds of
• on the part of
• on top of
• with a view to
• with the exception of

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The following complex prepositions do not follow either of the common structures for complex prepositions.

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• à la (or a la)"à la." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=à+la. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• as soon as"soon, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• as well as"as well as." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=as+well+as. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• close to
• due to"due to." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=due+to. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• far from"far." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=far. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• in case"in case, conj. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• other than"other than." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=other+than. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• per pro"per pro., prep. (adv. and adj.)." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• prior to"prior to." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=prior+to. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• pursuant to"pursuant to." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=pursuant+to. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• rather than"rather than." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=rather+than. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• regardless of"regardless of." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=regardless+of. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• subsequent to"subsequent to." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=subsequent+to. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• such as"such." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=such. Accessed 12 July 2020.

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The following prepositions are not widely used in Present-Day English. Some, such as bating and forby, are archaic and typically only used to convey the tone of a bygone era. Others, such as ayond and side, are generally used only by speakers of a particular variety of English. Yet others are generally only used in specialized contexts, such as abaft in nautical settings and dehors in law.

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• abaft (nautical)"abaft." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=abaft. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• abating (obsolete)"abating, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• abeam (nautical)"abeam." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=abeam. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• ablow (Scottish and Irish English)"ablow, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• aboon (rare)"Aboon, and Other Prepositions You’ve Never Heard." Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2020, www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/prepositions-youve-never-heard-of. Accessed 16 July 2020.
• abouts (regional, U.S.)"abouts, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• acrost (regional, Australia, England, and U.S.)"acrost, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• adown (archaic; poetic; rare)"adown, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• a-eastell (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"a-eastell, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• afore (archaic; regional, Southern and Midland U.S.; nautical)"afore, adv., prep., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020."afore." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=afore. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• afornent (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"afornent, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• afront (obsolete; regional)"afront, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• afterhand (rare; regional)"afterhand, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• again (regional)"again, adv., prep., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• ahind (dialectal; archaic)"ahind, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• ajax (Polari){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• alength (obsolete)"alength, adv. (and adj.) and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• alongst (regional, Scotland and U.S.)"alongst, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• aloof (obsolete)"aloof, adv., int., adj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• alow (obsolete; regional, Scotland)
• amell (rare; regional, Northern England)"amell, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• amidmost (poetic)"amidmost, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• anear (archaic; regional)"anear, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• aneath (poetic; regional, Scotland)"aneath, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• anent (obsolete; rare; regional, Scotland and Yorkshire)"anent, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• anewst (obsolete)"anewst, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• anunder (regional, Northern England, Ireland, and Scotland)"anunder, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• askant (archaic)"askant." Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/askant. Accessed 18 Aug. 2020."askant, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• asklent (regional, Northern England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland)"asklent, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• astern (nautical)"astern, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• athwart (obsolete; dialectal; nautical)"athwart, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• atour (regional, Scotland)"atour, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• atter (regional, Northern England, Southern U.S.)"atter, prep., conj., and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• atween (archaic; dialectal)"atween, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• atwixt (archaic; dialectal)"atwixt, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• a-weather (nautical; obsolete)"a-weather, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• a-west (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"a-west, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• awestell (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"awestell, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• ayond, ayont (dialectal)"ayond | ayont, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• bating (archaic)"bating." Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/bating. Accessed 18 Aug. 2020.
• bedown (obsolete)"bedown, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• be-east (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"'be-east, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• beforrow (obsolete)"beforrow, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• behither (obsolete)"behither, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• ben (dialectal, Scots)"ben." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=ben. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• benorth (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"'benorth, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• besouth (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"'besouth, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• betwixt (archaic; poetical; dialectal)"betwixt, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• 'twixt (obsolete)"'twixt, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• bewest (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"'bewest, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• bongre (obsolete)"bongre, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• bout (regional)"about prep, adv." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 11 Aug. 2020."bout, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• bove (poetic; regional)"bove, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• 'cept (colloquial)"'cept, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• contrair (obsolete)"contrair, adj., n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• contrary (obsolete)"contrary, adj., n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• cross (dialectal; poetic)"cross, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• dehors (law; rare)"dehors, prep. and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 16 July 2020.
• dot (mathematics)"dot, n.1 and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• durante (obsolete)"durante, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• effore (obsolete)"effore, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• emong, emonges(t) (obsolete)"emong, prep. and adv. " Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020."emonges(t), prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• endlong, endlonges, endlongs (dialectal; obsolete)"endlong, prep., adv., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020."endlonges | endlongs, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• enduring (obsolete; rare, South and South Midland U.S.)"enduring, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020."enduring prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 11 Aug. 2020.
• ensuing (obsolete)"ensuing, adj. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• even-forth (obsolete)"even-forth, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• ex (commerce)"ex, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• excepted (obsolete)"excepted, adj. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• extra (rare)"extra, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• fae (dialectal, Scots)"fae, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• forby(e) (archaic)"forby(e, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• fore (regional, U.S.)"fore prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 11 Aug. 2020.
• fornent, fornenst (obsolete; regional, Northern England and Scotland)"fornent | fornenst, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• foregain, foregains, foregainst (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"foregain | foregains(t, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• forne (obsolete)"forne, adv., adj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• forout, forouten (obsolete)"forout | forouten, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• forrow (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"forrow, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• forth (archaic)"forth." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=forth. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• fro (dialectal, Scots)"fro." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=forth. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• fromward, fromwards (obsolete)"fromward, adj., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• froward (archaic)"froward, adj., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• furth (Scotland){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• gain (obsolete)"gain, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• gainst (informal; poetic)"gainst." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=gainst. Accessed 6 July 2020."gainst." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• gainward (obsolete)"gainward, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• gin (regional, Northern England, Ireland, and Scotland)"gin, prep. and conj.2." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• half-way, halfway (obsolete)"half-way | halfway, adv., adj., n., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• hent (obsolete)"hent, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• inboard (nautical)"inboard, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• incontrair (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"incontrair, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• indurand (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"indurand, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• inmid, inmiddes{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• inter (obsolete; rare)"inter, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• inthrough (regional, Scotland)"inthrough, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• intil, intill (rare; dialectal, Scots)"intill | intil, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 16 July 2020.
• inwith (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"inwith, prep., adv. (and adj.), and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• i'th' (archaic; poetic; regional)"i'th', prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• 'long (regional)"'long, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• longs (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"longs, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• longst (obsolete; poetic)"longst, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• longways (rare)"longways, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• malgrado (obsolete)"malgrado, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• malgré (archaic; rare)"malgré, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 16 July 2020.
• mang (Devon){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• maugre (archaic)"maugre." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=maugre. Accessed 13 July 2020.
• midmost (obsolete)"midmost, adj., n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• mids (obsolete)"mids, n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• midward (obsolete)"midward, adj., n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• midway (rare)"midway, n., adv., adj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• 'mong (poetic or dialectal)"'mong, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• 'mongst (poetic or dialectal)"'mongst, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• more (obsolete)"more, adj., pron., adv., n.3, and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• moreover (obsolete)"moreover, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• moyening (obsolete)"moyening, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• natheless, nathless (archaic; literary; rare)"natheless, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 16 July 2020.
• nearabout, nearbout (colloquial; regional)"nearabout, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020."nearbout, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• nearby (regional, Scotland)"nearby, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• nearhand (regional, Northern England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland)"nearhand, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
• 'neath (poetic)"'neath, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• nigh, anigh, anighst (archaic of regional)"nigh, adv. (and prep.), adj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020."anigh, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020."anighst, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
• nigh-hand (regional, Northern and Midland England, Ireland, and Scotland)"nigh hand, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• nobbut (rare; regional, Northern England)"nobbut, prep., conj., and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• non-obstant (obsolete)"non-obstant, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• notwithstand (obsolete)"notwithstand, conj., prep., and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• noughtwithstanding (obsolete)"noughtwithstanding, prep., adv., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• offa (colloquial; regional)"offa, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• offen (regional)"offen, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• only (regional, Southern U.S. and South Midland U.S.)"only adj, adv, prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• or (archaic)"or 2." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=or. Accessed 13 July 2020.
• otherside (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"otherside, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• outcept (obsolete)"outcept, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• outen (regional)"outen, adv., adj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020.
• out-over (regional, Scotland)"out-over, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• outta (colloquial; regional, U.S.)"outta, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• out-taken (obsolete)"out-taken, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• out-taking (obsolete)"out-taking, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• out-through (regional, Scotland)"out-through, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• outwith (regional, Scotland)"outwith, prep., adv., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
• overcross (archaic; rare)"overcross, prep., adv., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• over-right (regional, Scotland, Southern England, Ireland, Newfoundland)"over-right, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• overthorter (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"overthorter, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• overthwart (archaic; regional, Eastern, Midland, and Northern England)"overthwart, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
• overtop (regional, North America)"overtop, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• pan (regional, Jamaica)"pan, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• pass (regional, Caribbean)"pass, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• pon (archaic; regional, Caribbean and Southwestern England)"pon, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
• quoad (law)"quoad, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020.
• reserved (obsolete)"reserved, conj. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• reserving (obsolete)"reserving, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• sauf (archaic) "sauf, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
• seen (obsolete)"seen, conj. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• sen (rare; regional, Northern England and Scotland)"sen, adv., prep., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• senza (music)"senza, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• side (dialectal, African-American English)"side, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• sidelings (obsolete)"sidelings, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• sidelong (obsolete)"sidelong, adv.1, prep., and adj.2" Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• sides (dialectal, African-American English)"sides adv, prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• sin (dialectal, Northern England English and Scots)"sin, adv., prep., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• sineth (obsolete)"sineth, adv., prep., and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• sith (archaic)"sith." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=sith. Accessed 30 July 2020.
• sithen (obsolete)"sithen, adv., conj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• sithence (obsolete)"sithence, adv., conj., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.
• ter (regional)"ter, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• thorough (archaic; poetic; rare)"thorough, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• thorter (regional, Scotland)"thorter, adv., prep., adj., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• thwart (archaic; nautical; poetic)"thwart, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• thwart-over (dialectal; obsolete)"thwart-over, prep., adv., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• tiv (dialectal, Northern England English)"tiv, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• touchant (obsolete)"touchant, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• transverse (obsolete)"transverse, adj., n., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• traverse (obsolete)"traverse, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• twel(l), twill (dialectal, African-American English)"till prep, conj." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• ultra (obsolete; poetic)"ultra, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• umbe (obsolete)"umbe, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020."umbe." The Century Dictionary, vol. X, Century Co., 1911, p. 6572, babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015036876848&view=1up&seq=214. Accessed 30 July 2020.
• unneath (obsolete; poetic)"unneath, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• upo’ (dialectal, Northern England English and Scots)"upo', prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• upside (slang)"upside." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=upside. Accessed 7 July 2020.{{efn|This sense of upside seems limited to discussion of strikes to the head: "He went upside her head with a meat mallet." "A white cop comes up and go upside your knot.""upside, n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 7 July 2020.}}
• upsy, upsees (archaic; obsolete)"upsy, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020."upsees, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• uptill"uptill." The Century Dictionary, vol. X, Century Co., 1911, p. 6664, babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015036876848&view=1up&seq=306. Accessed 20 July 2020.
• utouth (obsolete; regional, Scotland)"utouth, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• wid (dialectal, African-American English)"with, adv, prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• withinside (archaic; dialectal)"withinside, adv., prep., and n." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• withoutside (obsolete; rare)"withoutside, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• wiv (dialectal, African-American English and Cockney)"wiv, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• ymong (obsolete)"ymong, prep. and conj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• yond (obsolete)"yond, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.
• yonside (regional, South Midland U.S.)"yonside, adv, prep." Dictionary of American Regional English, digital version, Harvard UP, 2013. Accessed 28 July 2020.

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• aground (archaic; poetic)"aground, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• bush (regional, Australia)
• hereat (archaic; obsolete)"hereat, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• herefrom (rare)"herefrom, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• hereon (rare)"hereon, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• hither (archaic)
• thereat (archaic; formal)"thereat, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• therefrom (archaic; formal)"therefrom, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• thereon (archaic; formal)"thereon, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• thither (archaic)
• whereat (archaic; formal)"whereat, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• wherefrom (archaic; formal)"wherefrom, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• whereof (archaic; formal)"whereof." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=whereof. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• whereon (archaic; formal)"whereon, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 18 July 2020.
• whither (archaic)
• yonder (archaic; dialectal)

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• but (archaic in uses such as "There wasn't one among them but would have taken my place.")

• withal (archaic)"withal, adv. and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 28 July 2020.

• at after (regional, England)"at after, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020.
• down on (colloquial)"down, adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• ex relatione (law)"ex relatione, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020.
• hard by (archaic)"hard by, prep. and adv." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 8 Aug. 2020.
• inside of (colloquial; regional, Australia and U.S.)"inside, n., adj., adv., and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 12 July 2020.
• non obstante (law)"non obstante." American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2020, ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=non+obstante. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020.
• nigh by (obsolete)"nigh by, adv., prep., and adj." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020.
• opposite to (regional, Britain)"opposite to." Collins English Dictionary, HarperCollins, 2020, www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/opposite-to. Accessed 26 Aug. 2020.

• Preposition and postposition
• Preposition stranding

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• Wiktionary list of English prepositions
• [https://www.grammarcheck.net/prepositions-place-direction/ The Visual Guide to English Prepositions Part 1/2: Place & Direction (Infographic)]
• [https://www.grammarcheck.net/prepositions-time/ The Visual Guide to English Prepositions Part 2/2: Time (Infographic)]

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