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Webster 1913 Edition
Anteposition
Anˊte-po-si′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. LL.
antepositio
. See Position
.] (Gram.)
The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anteposition
ANTEPOSI'TION
,Noun.
In grammar, the placing of a word before another which by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.
Definition 2024
anteposition
anteposition
English
Noun
anteposition (plural antepositions)
- (rare) The placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence.
Translations
the placing of something in front of something else
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