Prepositions of movement

Movement to or from a place

• Away from (distancing oneself from a place).
• Down (moving to a lower positioned place).
• From (starting point of a changing of position).
• To (destination of a changing of position).
• Up (moving to a higher positioned place).

Movement from one side to another

• Across (passing through a path, street… to reach a destination).
• Along (walking by the side of an extended place to reach a destination).

Changing position

• In/into (entering a 3-dimensional place).
• Off (changing a position by leaving the previous place).
• On/onto (positioning on the top of a 3-dimensional place having contact with the place).
• Out of (leaving a 3-dimensional place).
• Over (positioning on the top of a 3-dimensional place without having contact with the place).
• Under (positioning below a 3-dimensional place).