单词 | postpositive |
释义 | postpositive[ pohst-poz-i-tiv ] / poʊstˈpɒz ɪ tɪv / adjective(of a word, particle, or affix) placed after a word to modify it or to show its relation to other elements of a sentence. nouna postpositive word, particle, or affix; postposition. Origin of postpositive1780–90; <Latin postpositus (past participle of postpōnere;see postpone, position) + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM postpositivepost·pos·i·tive·ly, adverbWords nearby postpositivepostpericardiotomy syndrome, post-polio syndrome, postpone, postpose, postposition, postpositive, postprandial, postprandial lipemia, postproduction, postpuberal, postpubescent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for postpositivepostpositive / (pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪv) / adjective(of an adjective or other modifier) placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in two men abreast, or as part of a complement, as in those men are bad nouna postpositive modifier Derived forms of postpositivepostpositively, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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