adposition
ad·po·si·tion
adposition · adpositions
послелог
Adposition, Präposition, Verhältniswort, Lagewort
An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase…An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
/ˌædpəˈzɪʃən/
Meaning
1 sensesAn element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
Adposition, Präposition, Verhältniswort
послело́гposlelóg
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
element combining with a phrase and indicating how to interpret the phrase in the context:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
element combining with a phrase and indicating how to interpret the phrase in the context:
Origin
From ad- + position, from Latin adpositio, from adpositum, past participle of adponere, anFrom ad- + position, from Latin adpositio, from adpositum, past participle of adponere, an alternative form of apponere (“to put near”).
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Forms
plural: adpositions| Singular | adposition |
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regular