adprep

A word that functions both as an adverb and as a preposition.

Noun

  1. A word that functions both as an adverb and as a preposition.
    • Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb and a primary, invariable adverb, the latter including the heads of reduced prepositional phrases but excluding adpreps. - 2000, Claudia Claridge, Multi-word Verbs in Early...

Origin

Shortening.

Forms

adpreps