postposition

noun

The placing of a word or suffixed element after the word to which it is grammatically related.

noun

A word or element placed postpositionally, as a preposition placed after its object. For example, in the phrase these facts notwithstanding, notwithstanding is a postposition.

noun

The act of postposing or placing after; the state of being put behind.

noun

In grammar, a word or particle placed after or at the end of a word: opposed to preposition.

noun

The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.

noun

A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, another word; — distinguished from preposition.

noun

Any of various words in languages such as Hindi, Japanese and Finno-Ugric languages (Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian) which serve the same purpose as a preposition but come after the noun.

noun

The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after.

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)