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Definition of: postposition
(pōst′pə·zish′ən) noun
1. The act of placing after or state of being placed behind.
2. Gram. A word placed after another word, as an enclitic; especially, a suffixed element which functions as a preposition, as -de in Greek oikade homeward. [<L postpositus, pp. of postponere. See POSTPONE.]
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