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
two of a kind
people or things of the same type, similar in character or attitude etc.
The young girls are two of a kind and they do almost everything together.