'Postposition' definitions:
Definition of 'postposition'
(from WordNet)
noun
(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)
Definition of 'Postposition'
From: GCIDE
- Postposition \Post`po*si"tion\, n. [Cf. F. postposition. See Postpone.]
- 1. The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. "The postposition of the nominative case to the verb." --Mede. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, another word; -- distinguished from preposition. [1913 Webster]