postposition

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postposition (enc)

Noun

postposition - (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)

linguistics - the scientific study of language

position, place - an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"

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