(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)

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of placing after, 1630s, from post- + position (n.). Related: Postpositional .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context grammar English) Any of various words in languages such as German, Hindi, Japanese and Finno-Ugric languages (Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian) that have the same purpose as a preposition but come ''after'' the noun. 2 The act of placing after, ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Postposition \Post`po*si"tion\, n. [Cf. F. postposition. See Postpone .] The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. ``The postposition of the nominative case to the verb.'' --Mede. A word or particle placed after, or at the ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (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)