postpose (redirected from postposing)

post·pose  (pst-pz)

v. post·posed, post·pos·ing, post·pos·es

v.tr.

To place (a word or phrasal constituent) after other constituents in a sentence, as the direct object noun phrase all the interesting places he had visited in the sentence He described to them all the interesting places he had visited.

v.intr.

To become postposed.

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[Back-formation from postposition.]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

postpose - place after another constituent in the sentence; "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"