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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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