Definition of postpositive in English:
postpositive
adjective pəʊs(t)ˈpɒzɪtɪvˌpoʊstˈpɑzədɪv
(of a word) placed after or as a suffix on the word that it relates to.
Example sentencesExamples
- Until the middle of the twentieth century the scholarly consensus was that Mark could not have ended with a postpositive particle or with such a shocking ending as ‘for they were afraid.’
- Among other particular features of Albanian and other Balkan languages are a postpositive definite article and the absence of a verbal infinitive.
noun pəʊs(t)ˈpɒzɪtɪvˌpoʊstˈpɑzədɪv
Derivatives
adverb pəʊs(t)ˈpɒzɪtɪvli
‘Aplenty’, ‘galore’, and the informal ‘extraordinaire’ are examples of adjectives that are primarily used postpositively in modern English.
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm interested in the origins of ‘I'm just saying’ used postpositively.
Definition of postpositive in US English:
postpositive
adjectiveˌpōstˈpäzədivˌpoʊstˈpɑzədɪv
(of a word) placed after or as a suffix on the word that it relates to.
Example sentencesExamples
- Among other particular features of Albanian and other Balkan languages are a postpositive definite article and the absence of a verbal infinitive.
- Until the middle of the twentieth century the scholarly consensus was that Mark could not have ended with a postpositive particle or with such a shocking ending as ‘for they were afraid.’
nounˌpōstˈpäzədivˌpoʊstˈpɑzədɪv