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postposition

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  1. a placing after or a being placed after
  2. Origin of postposition

    post- + (pre)position

    Gram.
    1. the placing of an element after another that is related to it
    2. an element so placed, as an affix that functions as a preposition but follows its object (Ex.: -ward in shoreward) or an adjective that follows the word it modifies (Ex.: royal in battle royal)

Origin of postposition

from Classical Latin postpositus, past participle of postponere: see postpone


postposition

noun

  1. The placing of a word or suffixed element after the word to which it is grammatically related.
  2. A word or element placed postpositionally, as a preposition placed after its object. For example, in the phrase these facts notwithstanding, notwithstanding is a postposition.

Related Forms:

  • post′po·si′tion·al

    adjective

  • post′po·si′tion·al·ly

    adverb


postposition

Noun

(plural postpositions)

  1. (grammar) Any of various words in languages such as Hindi, Japanese and Finno-Ugric languages (Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian) which serve the same purpose as a preposition but come after the noun.
  2. The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.
    The postposition of the nominative case to the verb. "” Mede.

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  • postpositional
  • postpositions
  • postpositionally
  • postpose
  • postpositive

Words near postposition in the dictionary


  • postposed
  • postposit
  • postposited
  • postpositing
  • postposition
  • postpositional
  • postpositionally
  • postpositionals
  • postpositions
  • postpositive

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