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postposing

postposing is the present participle and gerund of postpose.

Meaning of postpose

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To postpone.
    • kings are postposed to bishopsa. 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

Questions about postposing

What is postposing the present participle and gerund of?
Postposing is the present participle and gerund of postpose.

Words near postposing in the dictionary

  1. postpones
  2. postponing
  3. postpose
  4. postposed
  5. postposes
  6. postposing
  7. postposit
  8. postposited
  9. postpositing
  10. postposition
  11. postpositional

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