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Postpositive

Post-pos′i-tive

,
Adj.
[See
Postpone
.]
Placed after another word;
as, a
postpositive
conjunction; a
postpositive
letter.
Post-pos′i-tive-ly
,
adv.

Definition 2024


postpositive

postpositive

English

Adjective

postpositive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar, 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 two men are bad.

Noun

postpositive (plural postpositives)

  1. A postpositive modifier.

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