POSTPOSITIVE


Meaning of POSTPOSITIVE in English

— postpositively , adv.

/pohst poz"i tiv/ , Gram.

adj.

1. (of a word, particle, or affix) placed after a word to modify it or to show its relation to other elements of a sentence.

n.

2. a postpositive word, particle, or affix; postposition.

[ 1780-90; postpositus (ptp. of postponere; see POSTPONE, POSITION) + -IVE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .