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postposition
noun[ C or U ]
language specializeduk /ˈpəʊst.pəˌzɪʃ.ən/ us /ˈpoʊst.pəˌzɪʃ.ən/
in grammar, a word that is used after a word or phrase that it is related to, or the fact of coming in this position:
Hungarian has several ways of encoding spatial relations: suffixes, postpositions, verbal prefixes, and adverbs.
In Old English, only postposition seems to have been possible with these two adverbs.
Within this group, there is variation in both the preposition and postposition.
The system of postpositions is used to express relations that are cognitively more complex than those expressed by suffixes.
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ablative
apposition
appositive
appositively
attributively
collocate
concord
dative
feminine
genitive
indirect object
inflected
nominal
plural
plurally
post-modifier
postpositional
postpositive
postpositively
syntax
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