HyperDic: postposition

English > 1 sense of the word postposition:
NOUNcommunicationpostposition(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)
English > postposition: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning(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).
CategorylinguisticsThe scientific study of language
Broaderplace, positionAn item on a list or in a sequence
Spanishposposición
Adjectivespostpositive(of a modifier) placed after another word
Verbspostposeplace after another constituent in the sentence

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