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postpose /pəʊs(t)ˈpəʊz /verb [with object] GrammarPlace (a modifying word or morpheme) after the word that it modifies: (as adjective postposed) a postposed genitive...- Preposed and postposed forms that come first include: aero (air), crypto (hidden), demo (people), geo (earth), odonto (tooth), ornitho (bird), and thalasso (sea).
- Her characterization includes postposing ‘hey’ to every second sentence: Why don't we meet down the station, hey?
- As noted, the ideophone can occur with quotative go, with either a preposed or a postposed subject nominal.
Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'place later or lower'): from French postposer, from post- 'after' + poser 'to place'. The current sense dates from the 1920s. |