List of English prepositions

Below you will find a list of prepositions in English, along with examples of how to use them, and their translations. It is practically impossible to provide a unique and exact translation for prepositions, as their meaning is highly context dependent, hence their difficulty. To make them easier to differentiate and learn, we have classified them into four groups: time, place, direction / movement, and others.

Time prepositions

•  After   
• Ago    
• Around          
• At       
• Before           
• Between       
• By      
• During           
• For     
• From  
• On      
• Past   
• Since 
• To                   

Prepositions of place

• Above
• Against         
• At       
• Below
• Beneath        
• Beside           
• In        
• Next to           
• On      
• Under

 Direction / movement prepositions

• Across           
• From  
• Into    
• Onto  
• Over   
• Through        
• To       

 

Other important prepositions

• About
• As      
• At       
• By      
• From  
• In accordance with 
• Of       
• On      
• With