what is a preposition? Share with your friends Share 0 Shardul answered this A word which is used to show the position of a thing is called as Preposition. 1 View Full Answer Jkujkhj answered this a word which joins two parts of a sentence is called a preposition. eg. he is standing between the table and chair 0 Govind Kumar Ray answered this A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word. 0 Dipti Milind Patil answered this pre+position. it shows the position of noun. also it is placed before noun. e.g.the cat is under the table.hereword 'under' ispreposition because it shows the position of cat 0