Compound Prepositions

A compound preposition is a preposition that consists of more than one word. It does the same as a one-word preposition. They explain a relationship or show location.

See the list of compound prepositions below.

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according to	ahead of	along with	alongside of	apart from
around about	as against	as between	as compared with	as compared to
as for	at that point in time	at this point in time	at the point of	at the time of
because of	by force of	by means of	by reason of	by virtue of
by way of	due to	during the course of	except for	for fear of
for lack of	for the purpose of	for the reason that	for the sake of	from above
from among	from behind	from beneath	from between	from the point of view of
in accordance with	in a manner similar to	in care of	in case of	in close connection with
in common with	in comparison to	in compliance with	in connection with	in consequence of
in consideration of	in contrast to	in default of	in deference to	in exchange for
in excess of	in favor of	in front of	in lieu of	in opposition to
in order to	in place of	in preference to	in receipt of	in regard to
in relation to	in search of	in spite of	in terms of	in the course of
in the event of	in the face of	in the immediate vicinity of	in the nature of	independently of
inside of	instead of	on account of	on behalf of	on the basis of
on the part of	on the point of	on top of	out of	outside of
owing to	previous to	prior to	pursuant to	regardless of
relating to	relative to	round about	short of	similar to
subsequent to	under cover of	what with	with a view to	with regard to
with reference to	with respect to	with the intention of

Avoid using compound prepositions

Replace a compound preposition with a short word.
Examples:
in favor of = for
in a manner similar to = like
at this point in time = now

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