Preposition 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 beyond round about but save above by
since across concerning than after from through against
like to underneath minus toward amid near towards
among of under around off along as on
unlike at onto until before opposite up behind
outside upon below over versus beneath past
via beside per with besides plus within between
regarding without