Definition of postpositions Postpositions
We found 3 definitions of postpositions from 2 different sources.
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What does postpositions mean?
Wiktionary 
- postpositions (Noun)
Plural of postposition.
Part of speech
🔤- postpositions, noun, plural of postposition.
WordNet
NounPlural: postpositions |
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| 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) | ||
| place, position an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" | ||
| linguistics the humanistic study of language and literature | ||
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Wiktionary
- postposition (Noun)
Any of various words in languages such as Hindi, Japanese and Finno-Ugric languages Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian which serve the same purpose as a preposition but come after the noun. - postposition (Noun)
The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- postposition (n.)
The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. - postposition (n.)
A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, another word; -- distinguished from preposition.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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postposition
Not inflectable words, that are—contrary to prepositions—after the word the case is given to.
Part of speech
🔤- postposition, noun, singular of postpositions.
