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postpositive

[ pohst-poz-i-tiv ]

adjective

  1. (of a word, particle, or affix) placed after a word to modify it or to show its relation to other elements of a sentence.

noun

  1. a postpositive word, particle, or affix; postposition.

postpositive

/ pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪv /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a postpositive modifier
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • postˈpositively, adverb
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Other Words From

  • post·posi·tive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of postpositive1

1780–90; < Latin postpositus (past participle of postpōnere; postpone, position ) + -ive

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