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Postposition Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Postposition has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(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)

2

A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
place
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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