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Noun: postposition  `powst-pu'zi-shun
  1. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached)

Derived forms: postpositions

See also: postpose, postpositive

Type of: place, position

Encyclopedia: Postposition

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