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1. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
2. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
3. ahead, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry 1530
...With run, in figurative contexts: headlong; unrestrainedly, rashly, hastily. Cf. on head (head1f(c)(i)). Obs....
4. behind, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c900
...In a place whence those to whom the reference is made have departed; remaining after the others have gone. Esp. used with leave3a (letobs.), remain...
5. by, prep. and adv. View full entry c888
...At the side or edge of; in the vicinity of; near, close to, beside....
6. contra, prep., adv., and n.1 View full entry 1362
...Against. Chiefly in the phrase pro and contra (now generally abbreviated to con), ‘for and against’ (the motion, proposal, etc.)....
7. ex, prep. View full entry 1845
...In Latin phrases (some of which are in English written as single words), as ex animo, ex parte, extempore, ex-voto, etc., q.v. in alphabetical...
8. for, prep. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of place....
9. in, prep.2 View full entry a1387
...in abˈsentia, in (his, her, or their) absence....
10. nearby, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry c1480
...Close by, close at hand....
11. off, adv., prep., n.1, and adj. View full entry eOE
...Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off...
12. offshore, adv., adj., and prep. View full entry 1720
...In a direction away from the shore....
13. on, prep. View full entry eOE
...Above and in contact with; at rest on the upper surface of; above and supported by; = upon1....
14. onward, prep., adv., and adj.2 View full entry c1196
...On, over; along. Obs.rare....
15. outside, n., adj., prep., and adv. View full entry 1457
...The position or area adjacent to and beyond the outer side or surface of something. Now chiefly in from (also on, to) the outside....
16. past, prep. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Beyond in time; after; beyond the age for or time of; (in stating the time of day) so many minutes, or a quarter or half of an hour, after a particular hour....
17. south, adv., adj., n., and prep. View full entry eOE
...In the direction of the part of the horizon on the right-hand side of a person facing the rising sun; towards or in the direction of the point or pole on the...
18. to, prep., conj., and adv. View full entry c875
...Expressing motion directed towards and reaching: governing a n. denoting the place, thing, or person approached and reached. The opposite of from Also with adv. prefixed, as away,...
19. upward, adv., prep., adj., and n. View full entry OE
...To or towards a higher position or plane; from a lower to a loftier level or object; in an ascending course or direction:...
20. upwards, adv. and prep. View full entry c888
...= upward1a....
