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Prepose (Verb)

Meaning

Place before another constituent in the sentence; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • In some languages we prepose terms of endearment when addressing our relatives and close friends.
  • English preposes the verb to the subject and the object.
  • We usually prepose a short phrase before a verb in an English sentence to form a question.
  • Many languages prepose the modifier before the head noun.
  • Greek often preposes the definite article to a noun or a pronoun.

Hypernyms

  • Position
  • Pose
  • Place
  • Set
  • Lay

Related Words

  • Preposition (noun)
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