postpose

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verb

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

OriginFrench postposer →
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Meanings

verbpostpose (third-person singular simple present postposes, present participle postposing, simple past and past participle postposed)

present singular third person postposes · participle present postposing · participle past postposed · past postposed

  1. transitivegrammarTo place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo postpone.

    kings are postposed to bishops

    a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchpostposer
  2. Englishpostpose

From French postposer. See post- and pose.

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Translations

Polish używać w postpozycji, użyć w postpozycji
  • używać w postpozycjiTranslations
  • użyć w postpozycjiTranslations
Spanish postposar
  • postposarTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

postpose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postpose

MLA

“postpose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postpose. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postpose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postpose.

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