1. to place or put before; to position in front
Usage: formal or literary; third person singular present tense of 'prepose'
2. in grammar, to place a word or phrase before another in a sentence
Usage: linguistics; technical

Examples

• The architect preposes the entrance to make it more visible.
• In some languages, adjectives are preposes before the noun they modify.
• She preposes her concerns at the beginning of the meeting.
• The editor preposes the most important information in the article.
• Modern English rarely preposes the object before the verb.
• He preposes his credentials to establish authority.