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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

/ əʊˈɒɪɪ /

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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Other Word Forms

  • postpositively adverb
  • DzˈDzپ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of postpositive1

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

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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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