What are the 288 prepositions in the English language?

Answer 1

Alphabetical list of one word, two word and three word prepositions used in the English language, including contractions. (e.g. 'in to', and 'into')

A few dialectal prepositions are included, but some archaic and/or rarely used prepositions have been exluded.

1. à la
2. aboard
3. about
4. above
5. absent
6. according to
7. across
8. after
9. against
10. ahead of
11. along
12. alongside
13. amid
14. amidst
15. among
16. amongst
17. anti
18. around
19. as
20. as far as
21. as of
22. as per
23. as regards
24. as well as
25. aside
26. aside from
27. astride
28. at
29. athwart
30. atop
31. bar
32. barring
33. because of
34. before
35. behind
36. below
37. beneath
38. beside
39. besides
40. between
41. betwixt
42. beyond
43. but
44. by
45. by means of
46. circa
47. close to
48. concerning
49. considering
50. contrary to
51. counting
52. cum
53. depending on
54. despite
55. down
56. due to
57. during
58. except
59. except for
60. excepting
61. excluding
62. failing
63. far from
64. following
65. for
66. fornenst
67. forward of
68. from
69. given
70. gone
71. in
72. in accordance with
73. in addition to
74. in between
75. in case of
76. in face of
77. in front of
78. in lieu of
79. in place of
80. in point of
81. in spite of
82. in to
83. including
84. inside
85. inside of
86. instead of
87. into
88. irrespective of
89. less
90. like
91. mid
92. minus
93. near
94. near to
95. next
96. next to
97. notwithstanding
98. of
99. off
100. on
101. on account of
102. on board
103. on behalf of
104. on to
105. on top of
106. onto
107. opposite
108. other than
109. out
110. out from
111. out of
112. outside
113. outside of
114. over
115. owing to
116. pace
117. past
118. pending
119. per
120. plus
121. preparatory to
122. prior to
123. pro
124. pursuant to
125. qua
126. re
127. regarding
128. regardless of
129. round
130. sans
131. save
132. save for
133. saving
134. since
135. subsequent to
136. than
137. thanks to
138. that of
139. through
140. throughout
141. thru
142. thruout
143. till
144. times
145. to
146. together with
147. touching
148. toward
149. towards
150. under
151. underneath
152. unlike
153. until
154. up
155. up against
156. upon
157. versus
158. via
159. vis-à-vis
160. with
161. with reference to
162. with regard to
163. with respect to
164. within
165. without
166. worth