to preposition

Examples

• All

• "Police will be on extended hours beginning Sunday, and Highway Patrol units will be prepositioned to aid any stranded motorists."

  Blog text (2)

• These included the International Energy Agency, an international emergency sharing system, increased communications, and prepositioned stocks such as the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve.

  Academic text (1993)

• Much more equipment would be prepositioned at land and sea, with an increased focus on specialized units for rapid base construction.

  Academic text (2003)

• The Corps and the Army also operate with prepositioned stocks of equipment around the world.

  Blog text (18)

• Departing Americans could leave behind equipment prepositioned for reinforcement.

  Academic text (1991)

• The Clinton defense team added at least 50 percent more stocks of prepositioned military equipment to the Persian Gulf and the Korean Peninsula.

  Academic text (2003)

• Once they have reached their programmed distance from each other, the bins pivot about and roll down the prepositioned ramps to the street.

  Blog text (22)

• To maintain U.S. influence, particularly if additional U.S. naval assets will be devoted to the Pacific, the army will continue to need some combination of prepositioned equipment and a permanent and rotational presence there throughout the next decade.

  Academic text (2012)

• Iraqis who left the city were provided with prepositioned humanitarian supplies in outlying areas; those who stayed were directed to remain in their homes to avoid being mistaken for insurgents.

  Academic text (2006)

• The team decided to preposition the supplies in different locations ahead of the storm.

Synonyms

P

to put

vsto preposition

∞ 1.0

Move something to a particular place or position

is done beforehand to fix items in a specific spot rather than moving them

P

to place

vsto preposition

∞ 1.0

To put something in a particular position or job

puts items beforehand into a chosen spot or role rather than only assigning

P

to put in

vsto preposition

172 2.5

Install something so it stays in place and is ready to use

sets items beforehand into exact positions rather than only making them ready

P

to position

vsto preposition

159 2.5

To put something in a particular place carefully

is done beforehand to set items into a chosen spot rather than careful arranging

S

to situate

vsto preposition

61 3.9

Put someone or something in a certain place

sets items beforehand into a particular location or context rather than only deciding it

P

to prearrange

vsto preposition

8 4.1

To plan something ahead of time

places items in a specific position beforehand rather than only planning

S

to settle

vsto preposition

5 3.0

To put things in the order you want

does the arranging beforehand to set items in place rather than ordering

P

to prepose

vsto preposition

9.5

To put something before something else in order, position, or time

places items in a specific spot beforehand rather than only ordering

Compounds

C

complex preposition

• Specialized

4.9

More than one word that work together to show place, time, or other connection like in front of

O

object of a preposition

• Specialized

3.7

A noun or pronoun that comes after a preposition to complete its meaning

S

simple preposition

• Specialized

1.0

A single word that shows place, time or direction, like in

How Early

to preposition

3 8.9

to precede

107 4.1

to postpose

• Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology