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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY

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postposition

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

post=po=si=tion

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun postposition has 1 sense

postposition(n = noun.communication) - (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached);

is a kind of

place

position

Derived form verb postpose₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

postposition, n. [Cf. F. postposition. See Postpone.].

The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. Mede. [1913 Webster]
A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, another word; -- distinguished from preposition. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

postposition, n.
1 a word or particle, esp. an enclitic, placed after the word it modifies, e.g. -ward in homeward and at in the books we looked at.
2 the use of a postposition.

Derivative

postpositional adj. & n. postpositive adj. & n. postpositively adv.

Etymology

LL postpositio (as POSTPONE)