postposition

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When the noun to which they are suffixed has a double form, the postposition is added to the short form Ex.

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  1. noun The placing of a word or suffixed element after the word to which it is grammatically related.
  2. noun A word or element placed postpositionally, as a preposition placed after its object. For example, in the phrase these facts notwithstanding, notwithstanding is a postposition.

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  1. from French postposition = Portuguese posposição = Italian posposizione; from Latin postpositus, past participle of postponere, put after: see postpone.
 

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/poʊstpəˈzɪʃən/
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