English Prepositions

English Prepositions List:
There are more than 100 prepositions in English. Yet this is a very small number when you think of the thousands of other words (nouns, verbs etc). Prepositions are important words. We use individual prepositions more frequently than other individual words. In fact, the prepositions of, to and in are among the ten most frequent words in English. Here is a list of 70 of the more common one-word prepositions. Many of these prepositions have more than one meaning. Please refer to a dictionary for precise meaning and usage.
•aboard
•about
•above
•across
•after
•against
•along
•amid
•among
•anti
•around
•as
•at
•before
•behind
•below
•beneath
•beside
•besides
•between
•beyond
•but
•by
•concerning
•considering
•despite
•down
•during
•except
•excepting
•excluding
•following
•for
•from
•in
•inside
•into
•like
•minus
•near
•of
•off
•on
•onto
•opposite
•outside
•over
•past
•per
•plus
•regarding
•round
•save
•since
•than
•through
•to
•toward
•towards
•under
•underneath
•unlike
•until
•up
•upon
•versus
•via
•with
•within
•without



















because of
but for
by means of
contrary to
due to
except for
for lack of
in addition to
in back of
in charge of
in exchange for
in front of
in line with
in place of
inside of
in spite of
instead of
near to
on account of
on behalf of
on top of
out of
outside of
owing to
prior to
subsequent to
such as
thanks to
up to