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Postpositive

Postpositive \Post*pos"i*tive\, a. [See Postpone.] Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter. -- Post*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.

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postpositive

a. (context grammar of an adjective or other modifier English) Placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in ''two men abreast'', or as part of a complement, as in ''those two men are bad''. n. A postpositive modifier.

WordNet
postpositive

adj. (of a modifier) placed after another word

Wikipedia
Postpositive

Postpositive may mean:

  • in philosophy, related to postpositivism, a development of positivism
  • in grammar, following after a related word or phrase, as with postpositive adjectives