intransitive preposition

English
Examples

Tonight, let's stay in.
Come over later.
Get off.

Noun

intransitive preposition (plural intransitive prepositions)

  1. (linguistics) A preposition used intransitively, ie, without an object, traditionally called an adverb, sometimes a particle.
    Let's move on to the consideration of intransitive prepositions.

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