PREPOSITION

A word, such as aboard, about, above, according to, across, after, against, along, alongside, among, around, as, aside from, as if, as to, at, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, by means of, despite, different from, down, during, except, for, from, in, in addition to, in front of, in spite of, inside, instead of, into, like, near, of, off, on, on account of, onto, opposite, out, out of, owing to, outside, over, past, plus, prior to, similar to, since, subsequent to, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without, among others, that relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence.

Prepositions indicate cause; result; means; degree; manner; purpose; situation; ownership; place and location; time, date, and duration; or movement and direction.

A preposition and its object form a prepositional phrase.

After 14 years of drought, the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles soared high in the sky when they clinched the season’s plum via a 77-70 victory at the expense of the De La Salle University Green Archers in a sudden death Game 3 Finals in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Basketball Men’s Division behind 12 000 fans at the famous Araneta Coliseum, Oct. 5.