Prepositions after verbs: D
Compare the prepositions used after English verbs, with concise rules, natural examples, and common mistakes.
dabble, in, dabble, with
"damage to" or "damage by"?
dance to, with, on, in or for?
"dangle from" or "dangle in"?
dare to, for, on, as or at?
dash to, into, out, from or on?
daydream about, for, in, of or on?
"debate in", "debate on" or "debate with"?
deceive by, in, into, on or about?
"decide on", "decide to" or "decide by"?
declare in, by, on, to or as?
decline in, by, from, to or for?
decorate with, in, by, for or to?
"decrease in" or "decrease by"?
deduce from, by, AS or in?
deduct from, at, by, for or in?
"deem by" or "deem as"?
"defeat by" or "defeat in"?
"defecate in" or "defecate on"?
"defect to" or "defect from"?
"defend by" or "defend against"?
defer to, for, from, on or by?
"define by", "define as" or "define in"?
"delay in" or "delay by"?
"delete from" or "delete by"?
deliberate on, upon, for, in or as?
"deliver to" or "deliver on"?
demand for, by, of, from or in?
"demolish by" or "demolish in"?
"demonstrate in", "demonstrate to" or "demonstrate by"?
denote by, as, in or to?
"denounce by" or "denounce as"?
"deny to" or "deny by"?
"depart from" or "depart for"?
depend on, upon or for?
depict in, on, as, by or with?
"deploy in" or "deploy to"?
"deport to" or "deport from"?
deposit in, by, with, into or on?
descend into, from, on, to or upon?
"describe as" or "describe in"?
"designate by" or "designate as"?
"design for" or "design by"?
desist from, in or at?
destine for, to, by, in or into?
"destroy by" or "destroy in"?
detach from, with, to, because or by?
detain in, by, for, without or at?
"detect by" or "detect in"?
"deter by" or "deter from"?
"deteriorate to" or "deteriorate in"?
determine by, in, at, for or from?
devastate by, for, after, in or at?
"develop in" or "develop by"?
deviate from, in, away, before or by?
"devise by", "devise in" or "devise for"?
"devolve into" or "devolve to"?
diagnose with, in, by, at or after?
"dictate by" or "dictate to"?
die in, of, from, on or for?