Hyphenation of prepositions

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word prepositions? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

prepo-si-tions

Definitions of prepositions:

1.
A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
2.
(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)

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