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postpositive
[ pohst-poz-i-tiv ]
adjective
- (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
- a postpositive word, particle, or affix; postposition.
postpositive
/ pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪv /
adjective
- (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
- a postpositive modifier
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Derived Forms
- postˈpositively, adverb
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Other Words From
- post·posi·tive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of postpositive1
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Example Sentences
From kina, hina, originated the Icelandic and Swedish pastpositive def. article the; likewise Dak kin postpositive def. article the; ke emphatic pronoun kuns, clf, etc.
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