Definitions for: Postposition

[n] (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)

Webster (1913) Definition: Post`po*si"tion, n. [Cf. F. postposition. See
Postpone.]
1. The act of placing after, or the state of being placed
after. ``The postposition of the nominative case to the
verb.'' --Mede.

2. A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, another
word; -- distinguished from preposition.

See Also: place, position

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