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postmodify

Definition of postmodify

verb (postmodifies, postmodifying, postmodified)

[with object] Grammar
  • modify the sense of (a noun or other word) by being placed after it.

Derivatives

postmodification

noun

postmodifier

noun

postmodify in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of postmodify in the US English dictionary
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