postposition
/poʊstpəˈzɪʃən/
noun
- A word or particle placed after a noun or pronoun to show its relationship to another word, similar to a preposition but coming after.
- Some languages use postpositions instead of prepositions.
- The postposition 'kara' in Japanese means 'from'.
- In Japanese, 'ni' is a postposition meaning 'to' or 'at'.
- The placement of a word or element after another in a sentence.
- In this construction, the postposition of the verb is required.
- Linguists analyzed the postposition of modifiers in ancient texts.
- The postposition of the adjective gave the line a poetic feel.
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