Definition of postmodify in English:
postmodify
verbpostmodifies, postmodifying, postmodified pəʊstˈmɒdɪfaɪˌpōs(t)ˈmädəˌfī
[with object]Grammar Modify the sense of (a noun or other word) by being placed after it.
Example sentencesExamples
- Examples of phrases where the adjective is postmodified are: trustworthy indeed, clever enough to help, fond of you, glad that you could make it.
Derivatives
noun
Grammar The absence or presence of postmodification, the length of any postmodification or the category of the final word should not matter.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is possible to look through short texts to see which have more lengthy pre- or postmodification.
- The absence or presence of postmodification, the length of any postmodification or the category of the final word should not matter.
noun
Grammar We won't get into pre- and postmodifiers at this moment.
Example sentencesExamples
- The least complex postmodifier - and by far the most common - is a prepositional phrase.
- Stacking up postmodifiers like this is usually a bad idea, especially when adjacent pairs have as strong an affinity for one another as ‘published in 1993 by Peter Steiner’.