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Postpositive

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Adjective

1. postpositive

(of a modifier) placed after another word

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Postpositive

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adjective
1. 
(of an adjective or other modifier) placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in two men abreast, or as part of a complement, as in those men are bad
noun
2. 
a postpositive modifier

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Postpositive

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adjective
1.  Grammar
placed after or added to a word; suffixed
noun
2. 
a postpositive word

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

Postpositive

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adj.
Occurring or placed after a word.
n.
A word or particle occurring or placed after another word.

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