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postpositive

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post·pos·i·tive  (pst-pz-tv)
adj.
Occurring or placed after a word.
n.
A word or particle occurring or placed after another word.
[Late Latin postpositvus, from Latin postpositus, past participle of postpnere, to put after; see postpone.]
post·posi·tive·ly adv.
postpositive [pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪv]
adj
(Linguistics / 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 men are bad
n
(Linguistics / Grammar) a postpositive modifier
postpositively  adv
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Adj.1.postpositive - (of a modifier) placed after another word
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postpositive [pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪv] ADJ → pospositivo
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