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Noun: postposition  ,powst-pu'zi-shun
  1. (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)

Derived forms: postpositions

Type of: place, position

Encyclopedia: Postposition