"ambiposition" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ambipositions [plural]
Etymology: ambi- + position Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ambi|position}} ambi- + position Head templates: {{en-noun}} ambiposition (plural ambipositions)
  1. (linguistics) An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement. Categories (topical): Linguistics Hypernyms (adposition): word, part of speech Hyponyms: preposition, postposition Derived forms: ambipositional Translations (adposition that can occur before or after its complement): Ambiposition [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-ambiposition-en-noun-dh2NaGVa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ambi- Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ambiposition meaning in English (1.9kB)

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          "sense": "adposition that can occur before or after its complement",
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