adposition
Pronunciation: /ˌædpəˈzɪʃən/
The English word “adposition” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
Etymology
From ad- + position, from Latin adpositio, from adpositum, past participle of adponere, an alternative form of apponere (“to put near”).
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