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• (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)

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)

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

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 ...

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, ...