adprep
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortening.
Noun edit
adprep (plural adpreps)
- (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.