postposition
noun/ˌpəʊstpəˈzɪʃn/
/ˌpəʊstpəˈzɪʃn/
(grammar)- a word or part of a word that comes after the word it relates to, for example ‘-ish’ in ‘greenish’Word Originmid 19th cent.: from preposition, by substitution of the prefix post- for pre-.
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