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Princeton's WordNet

  1. postposeverb

    place after another constituent in the sentence

    "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them"

Wiktionary

  1. postposeverb

    To place a word or phrase after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it

  2. Etymology: postposer. See post- and pose.

ChatGPT

  1. postpose

    Postpose is a verb that refers to the action of placing a word, phrase, or clause after another in a sentence. It is derived from grammatical terms used in linguistics, where certain languages follow a structure that positions modifiers or complements after the words they modify, as opposed to before.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Postposeverb

    to postpone

  2. Etymology: [F. postposer. See Post-, and Pose, v. t.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of postpose in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of postpose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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