There are about 150 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 short 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.
1. aboard
2. about
3. above
4. across
5. after
6. against
7. along
8. amid
9. among
10. anti
11. around
12. as
13. at
14. before
15. behind
16. below
17. beneath
18. beside
19. besides
20. between
21. beyond
22. but
23. by
24. concerning
25. considering
26. despite
27. down
28. during
29. except
30. excepting
31. excluding
32. following
33. for
34. from
35. in
36. inside
37. into
38. like
39. minus
40. near
41. of
42. off
43. on
44. onto
45. opposite
46. outside
47. over
48. past
49. per
50. plus
51. regarding
52. round
53. save
54. since
55. than
56. through
57. to
58. toward
59. towards
60. under
61. underneath
62. unlike
63. until
64. up
65. upon
66. versus
67. via
68. with
69. within
70. without
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