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Postposition

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Noun

1. postposition

(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)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Postposition

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noun
1. 
placement of a modifier or other speech element after the word that it modifies or to which it is syntactically related
2. 
a word or speech element so placed

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Postposition

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noun
1. 
a placing after or being placed after
2.  Grammar
a. 
the placing of an element after another that is related to it
b. 
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)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Postposition

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n.
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.

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