Associations to the word «Postposition»
Noun
- Crow
- Stress
- Function
- Se
- Subject
- Distinction
- Form
- Category
- Example
- Grammar
- Order
- Cow
- Topic
- Pre
- Usage
- Class
- Element
- Script
- Ha
- Use
- Lower
- Numbers
- Possession
- Agreement
- Origin
- Context
- Pattern
- Relation
- Pa
- Instance
- Ma
- Contrast
- Location
- Construction
- Influence
- Root
- Exception
- Future
- Combination
- Feature
- Final
- Person
- Drop
- Aspect
- Bound
- Are
- Relationship
- Stop
- Non
- Mark
- Agent
- Head
- Type
Adjective
Wiktionary
POSTPOSITION, noun. (grammar) 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.
POSTPOSITION, noun. The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.
Dictionary definition
POSTPOSITION, noun. (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).
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.