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postpositive

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post⋅pos⋅i⋅tive

  [pohst-poz-i-tiv] Grammar
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–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
2. a postpositive word, particle, or affix; postposition.
Origin:
1780–90; < L postpositus (ptp. of postpōnere; see postpone, position ) + -ive

Related forms:
post⋅pos⋅i⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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post·pos·i·tive   (pōst-pŏz'ĭ-tĭv)   
adj.  Occurring or placed after a word.
n.  A word or particle occurring or placed after another word.

[Late Latin postpositīvus, from Latin postpositus, past participle of postpōnere, to put after; see postpone.]
post·pos'i·tive·ly adv.
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