postpose

[pohst-pohz]

verb (used with object)

Grammar.

postposed, postposing 

1. to place (a grammatical form) after a related grammatical form.

   The adverb “out” in “put out the light” is postposed in “put the light out.”

Word History and Origins

Origin of postpose¹

First recorded in 1925–30; post- + (pre)pose

Example Sentences

A national pro-life group is postposing its pink bus protest tour against Planned Parenthood in the wake of Friday’s shooting at a Colorado clinic that claimed three lives.

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The overwhelming likelihood is that whatever happens on Pentagon spending will be duplicated on the domestic side regardless of whether that means postposing or eliminating sequestration or raising the spending caps.

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