Prepositions (Part 2) for NDA, CDS, Air Force X & Y group - Agnipath, AFCAT, Coast guard, AA, SSR

 

Use Of Appropriate Prepositions
(Part : 2)

                         ***D***

Deaf to

Deal in (a commodity)

Deal with (a subject or person)

Defective in

Defend from or against danger

Deficient in

Delight in

Delighted with

Deliverance from

Deluged with

Depend on or upon something

Deprive of (advantage, right etc.)

Derogatory to

Descent from

Desire for

Desirous of

Destitute of

Detrimental to

Devoid of (certain quality)

Devoted to

Die for (a cause)

Die from (reason like thirst/ hunger etc.)

Die of (some disease.)

Differ from a thing

Differ on a point

Differ with a person

Different from

Diffident of

Diligent in

Disastrous to

Disgrace to

Disgusted with

Displeased with

Distinguish between two things

Distinguish one thing from another

Divide into shares, parts

Doubt of

Drenched with

Due to

Duty to (parents etc.)

Dwell in (a house etc.)

Disappoint of (hopes)

Despair of (hopes)

Dabble in/at (art, politics etc.)

Destined for (some future)

Disgrace on (family etc.)

Dispense with

Dispense

Dispose of

Disposed to

Decamp with (cash etc.)

Disgust with (a person, life)

Disgust at (an act)

Discriminate against

Discriminate between

Disappoint of

Dabble in (art/politics etc)

Dwell on/upon

                          ***E***

Eligible for (appointment/ election etc.)

Enamoured of

Endowed with

Enmity to

Enquire into (a matter)

Enquire of (a person)

Entitled to

Entrust a person with a responsibility, work etc

Enveloped in

Envious of

Equal to

Escape from

Essential to (health, etc.)

Exception to

Exemption from

Experience of

Experienced in

Embark on (venture)

Enter (place)

Enter into (alliance, agreement)

Enrage at (a thing, an act) )

Enrage with (a person)

Enlarge upon/on

Enamoured with (a person)

                            ***F***

Failed in

Failure of

Faithful to

False to (promise)

Familiar to

Familiar with (a subject)

Famous for (something)

Fatal to (life/ future prospects etc.)

Fatigued with

Favourable to

Fearful of

Fertile in

Fond of

Fondness for

Foreign to

Fought against

Free from (worries)

Free of cost

Full of

False of (heart)

Fascinated by (a thing)

Fascinated with (a person)

Fly into (anger)

Feed on (live on)

For lack of

For short of

For want of

                         ***G***

Get at (the truth)

Get on (with a person)

Get out of (gate etc.)

Get over (the difficulty)

Gifted with

Good at (English/singing etc)

Grateful to a person

Greedy of (wealth etc.)

Guilty of (an offence)

Grieve for (a person)

Grieve over (a thing)

Grieve at (an event)

Guard against (mistakes, temptations)

Guard from (a danger, a thing etc.)

Glance at (someone etc.)

Glance through (letter etc.)

Good for (nothing)

                         ***H***

Hatred of or for something

Heedless of

Heir to (the throne)

Honest in

Hope for (good or success etc)

Hopeful of (some result)

Hostile to

Hurtful to

Hear from (a person)

Hear of (something)

Hear by (post, communication)

Hard by

Hard up

Hanker after

Healed of (a disease)

                            ***I***

Ignorant of

Ill with

Immaterial to

Impertinent to

Impervious to

Implicated in

Impress with (a thing)

Impress upon (a person)

Incensed at (thing)

Inclined to

Indebted to

Indifference / indifferent to

Indigenous to

Indispensable to

Indulge in

Infaturated with

Infected with

Inference from

Inferior to (something or somebody)

Infested with

Influenced with (a person)

Influence over (the people)

Influence of something on someone

Informed of

Inimical to

Injurious to

Innocent of

Inquired of

Inquire for/about (a thing)

Insensible to

Insist on

Inspired with

Interested in

Interfere in a matter

Intimacy with

Intimate with

Introduce to

Inured to

Invitation to

Invite to

Involved in

Irrelevant to

Irrespective of

Impress with (a thing)

Impress upon (a person)

Inquire after (welfare)

Inquire of (ask a person)

Inquired into (investigate)

Interfere in (a thing)

Interfere with (course of justice etc.)

Influenced with (a person)

Influence over (the people)

Influence of something on someone

Intrude into (room)

Intrude on (privacy)

Incensed at (thing)

Indignant at (thing)

Insight into (reality, situation)

Impress with (a thing)

Invest with (authority)

Influence on (a thing)

Irritated at (thing)

Irritated against (person)

                            ***J***

Jealous of (a person)

Junior to (a person)

Judge of (things)

Judge by

Jump to (conclusion)

Jump at (an offer)

Jeer at (a thing)

Jest at (a thing)

                            ***K***

Key to

Kind to (a person)

Knock at (the gate)

Known to

Known by

Known for (a quality)

Knock at (the door)

Knock on

                           ***L***

Lame of (a leg)

Laugh at (a person or thing)

Lax in

Lean against

Leniency to

Liable to

Liable to (punishment)

Liking for

Limited to

Listen to

Live by (hard labour)