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postposition
noun
- a placing after or being placed after
- Gram.
- the placing of an element after another that is related to it
- 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)
See postposition in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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