ambiposition

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noun

An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement.

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Meanings

nounambiposition (plural ambipositions)

plural ambipositions

  1. human sciencesAn adposition that can occur either before or after its complement.

    The ascribing of postpositions to Indo-European is not well founded. The elements concerned may have been ambipositions.

    1981, Linguistic Typology, page 404

Origin

From ambi- + position.

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Translations

German Ambiposition
  • Ambipositionadposition that can occur before or after its complement
Polish ambipozycja
  • ambipozycjaadposition that can occur before or after its complement
Cite this entry
APA

ambiposition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambiposition

MLA

“ambiposition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambiposition. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ambiposition,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambiposition.

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