postposition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached)

WordNet

Post`po*si"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. postposition. See Postpone.
Definitions
  1. The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. "The postposition of the nominative case to the verb." Mede.
  2. A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, another word; -- distinguished from preposition.

Webster 1913