POSTPOSED | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Postpose

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

late 16th century (in the sense ‘place later or lower’): from French postposer, from post- ‘after’ + poser ‘to place’. The current sense dates from the 1920s

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˌpəʊs(t)ˈpəʊz
Dialects: British English
Definition:

place (a modifying word or morpheme) after the word that it modifies

Short Definition:

place modifying word or morpheme after word that it modifies

Examples:
  • a postposed genitive

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