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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)
- (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)
- A postpositive modifier.