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postverbal

postverbal adjective: occurring after a verb.

Adjective

postverbal (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after a verb.

Origin of postverbal

From post- + verbal.

Words formed from postverbal

Questions about postverbal

What does postverbal mean?
Postverbal means occurring after a verb.
What part of speech is postverbal?
Postverbal is an adjective.

Words near postverbal in the dictionary

  1. postvention
  2. postventions
  3. postventitious
  4. postventral
  5. postventricular
  6. postverbal
  7. postverbally
  8. postverdict
  9. Postverta
  10. postvertebral
  11. postvertical

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