Definition of POSTPOSITION (Meaning of POSTPOSITION), a 12 Letter Word

Pronunciation:		`powstpu'zishun


WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] (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)

POSTPOSITION is a 12 letter word that starts with P.
	See Also:	place, position

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Post`po*si"tion\, n. [Cf. F. postposition. See {Postpone}.] 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.