Prepositions Part 31
Combinations
A preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to show in what relation the person or thing denoted by it stands in regard to something else. There are over 100 prepositions in English. This is a very small number compared with the vast number of nouns, adjectives and verbs found in English. Here are some of the prepositions used in English
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Disgrace to
To have a very bad effect on people’s opinions.
Your conduct is a disgrace to the medical profession.
Disguise as
To change someone’s appearance so that they look like someone else and people cannot recognise them.
You can disguise yourself as a waiter and sneak into the hotel.
Dislike for
A feeling of not liking someone or something.
Emma shared her mother’s dislike for housework.
Disloyal to
Unfaithful to your friends, country or the group you belong to.
Anne felt she had been disloyal to her friends.
Dismissive of
Refusing to consider someone or something seriously.
Is he so dismissive of the protesters?
Dismount from
To get off a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle.
Roger dismounted from the horse to greet her.
Disparity between
Difference between two or more things, especially an unfair one.
There is a disparity between the rates of pay for men and women.
Dispense with
To not use or do something that you usually use or do because it is no longer necessary.
Do you think we can dispense with a translator?
Displeased with
Not satisfied and annoyed.
Mary was displeased with her wedding arrangements.
Dispose of
To get rid of something, especially something that is difficult to get rid of.
How did he dispose of his victim’s body?
Dispute with
To disagree publicly with another person or group.
The factory workers were in dispute with the management.
Disqualify from
To stop someone taking part in a competition because they have broken a rule.
Schumacher was disqualified from the race for ignoring a black flag.
Disregard for
The act of ignoring something that other people think is important.
Bob drove the bus with blatant disregard for the passengers’ safety.
Disrespect for
Lack of respect for someone for something such as the law.
Dan showed signs of disrespect for the newly appointed manager.
Dissatisfied with
Not satisfied because something is not as good as you had expected.
Are you dissatisfied with this product?
Dissent from
Refusal to accept an official opinion or an opinion that most people accept.
One judge dissented from the majority judgment.
Dissimilar from
Not the same.
His classification is not entirely dissimilar from mine.
Dissociate from
To do or say something to show that you do not agree with a person or an organisation.
I wish to dissociate myself from the views expressed by the Chairman.
Dissolve in
If a solid dissolves, it mixes with a liquid and becomes part of it.
Sugar dissolves in water.
Dissuade from
To persuade someone not to do something.
There is a campaign to dissuade young people from smoking.
