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POSTPOSITIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does postpositive mean?
• POSTPOSITIVE (adjective)
The adjective POSTPOSITIVE has 1 sense:
1. (of a modifier) placed after another word
Familiarity information: POSTPOSITIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a modifier) placed after another word
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
postposition ((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))
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