Placements

Ways you can place things, relative to other things.

Photo of planes flying close together
BFS Man / 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.
Adjectives, Placements
Photo of frogs in a corner
Erik Mattheis / CC BY-SA

Cis forCorner

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.
Shapes, Placements, Parts of things
Photo of a ship in the distance
sgilsdorf / 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".
Adjectives, Placements
Photo of a sign that says end
Naomi Ibuki / CC BY-SA

Eis forEnd

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.
Placements, Transitions
Photo of horizontal lines
shaireproductions.com / CC BY-SA

His forHorizontal

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.
Directions, Placements
An empty room.
Jason Dean / 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.
Adjectives, Placements
Photo of a cat inside a pot
Lucia Sanchez / CC BY-SA

Iis forInside

The cat is inside the pot. The opposite of inside is outside.
Placements
Photo of inside out rubber gloves
Rubberglovelover / 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.
Placements
Photo of a sheep in the middle of the road
Jim Mead / CC BY-SA

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 sheep is in the middle of the road.
Placements

Nis forNear

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Prepositions, Placements