noun

1. a placing after or being placed after

2. Etymology: 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)

Etymology: < L postpositus, pp. of postponere: see postpone