n.
1.a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
2.(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
Idiom of the Day
split (some people) up or split up (some people)
to separate two or more people from one another
The teacher had to split the two boys up because they were fighting.
