postpositive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
postpositive (not comparable)
- (grammar, 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 two men are bad.
Noun[edit]
postpositive (plural postpositives)
- (grammar) A postpositive modifier.
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Related terms[edit]
- post-nominal (adj) (after a noun)
- predicative