prepositive

See also: prépositive

English

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Alternative forms

• præpositive (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin praepositivus, past participle of praepono (“to place before, to place ahead of”).

Adjective

prepositive (not comparable)

1. Put before; prefixed.

   Antonym: postpositive

   a prepositive adjective

   a prepositive cone

   a prepositive object

   a prepositive particle

   a prepositive verb

Derived terms

• prepositive adjective
• prepositively

Related terms

• postpose
• postposed
• postposition
• prepose
• preposed
• preposition
• preposterous

Noun

prepositive (plural prepositives)

1. A prepositive word.

References

• “prepositive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Adjective

prepositive

1. feminine plural of prepositivo