placement of a modifier or other speech element after the word that it modifies or to which it is syntactically related
2.
a word or speech element so placed
Derived forms
postpositional (ˌpostpoˈsitional)
adjective
postpositionally (ˌpostpoˈsitionally)
adverb
postposition in American English
(ˌpoʊstpəˈzɪʃən)
noun
1.
a placing after or being placed after
2. Grammar
a.
the placing of an element after another that is related to it
b.
an element so placed, as an affix that functions as a preposition but follows its object (Ex.: -ward in shoreward) or an adjective that follows the word it modifies (Ex.: royal in battle royal)
Word origin
< L postpositus, pp. of postponere: see postpone; (sense 2) post- + preposition