Placements

Askew means that something is crooked or uneven. The house in the picture is askew.

Quinn Daedal / CC BY-SA

Ais forAtop

Atop means on the top of something. It tells where something is placed or what is above.

You might see it in older books used like "The book is atop the desk" or "a hat atop his head".

Andrew Watson / CC BY-SA

Bis forBehind

Adverbs, Prepositions, Placements

Something is behind you if you cannot see it - your back is facing it rather than your front. The horse in the picture is viewed from behind.

Sara Löwgren / CC BY-SA

Bis forBelow

Something is below something else if it is lower down than it, with the other thing above. This photo was taken from below a cat.

Polandeze / CC BY-SA

Photo of two women sitting beside each other.

Bis forBeside

Two things are beside each other if they are next to each other, facing the same direction. The two women on the bench are sitting beside each other, or side by side.

zeynep uluç / CC BY-SA

Bis forBetween

Something is between if it is in the space in the middle of two other things.

The small traffic cone in the picture is between two larger traffic bollards.

charlene mcbride / CC BY-SA

Bis forBottom

The bottom of something is the lowest point. The orange horse is at the bottom of the stack of toys.
Bottom is also a slang term for your buttocks.

amboo who? / CC BY-SA

Photo of a vase at the centre of a table

Cis forCenter

The center of something is the midpoint, equally distant from all the edges. The decorative vase is in the center of the table.

Sarah J. / CC BY-SA

Cis forClose (Near)

Close is another word for near, and is the opposite of distant or far. The airplanes in the picture are flying very close together.

BFS Man / CC BY-SA

Cis forCorner

Shapes, Parts of things, Placements

Corners are where two or more surfaces or lines meet, usually at right angles. A square has four corners, a cube has six, and a circle has none. The frogs are hiding in the corner of their tank.

Erik Mattheis / CC BY-SA

Dis forDistant

Something is distant if it is a long way away from you. Something can be distant in terms of physical distance or time, for example "her childhood was a distant memory".

sgilsdorf / CC BY-SA

Eis forEnd

Placements, Transitions

The ends of something that is long and narrow are the shortest sides. The end of a journey is the place you are going to. The end of an event is when it finishes.
The opposite of end is start or begin. A similar word to end is stop.

Hitchster / CC BY-SA

His forHorizontal

Directions, Placements

Something is horizontal if it goes at right angles to the direction a ball goes when it is dropped. The horizon is horizontal, as are the tops of tables and desks. The slats in the picture are horizontal.

shaireproductions.com / CC BY-SA

Iis forIndoor

You are indoors if you are inside a house or other building. An indoor version of something is one that is meant to be kept or used indoors, for example an indoor plant.

Seattle Parks and Recreation / CC BY-SA

Iis forInside

The cat is inside the pot. The opposite of inside is outside.

Lucia Sanchez / CC BY-SA

Iis forInside out

Something is inside-out if its inside is on the outside and its outside is on the inside. Quite often when you take your clothes off they end up inside-out. The rubber gloves in the picture are inside out.

Rubberglovelover / CC BY-SA

Photo of a kangaroo in the middle of the road

Mis forMiddle

Middle is a less formal use of the word center, meaning a point that is equally distant from the edges of a shape. In common use, middle just means something that is roughly in the center of something else.

In the picture, the kangaroo is in the middle of the road.

thinkrorbot / Public Domain

Ois forOutside