circumposition

  • 1Circumposition — Cir cum*po*si tion, n. [L. circumpositio, fr. circumponere, positium, to place around.] The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2Circumposition — (v. lat.), Rundstellung …

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  • 3Circumposition — Circumposition, Rundstellung …

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  • 4circumposition — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin circumposition , circumpositio, from Latin circumpositus, past participle of circumponere to place around (from circum + ponere to place) + ion , io more at circum , position : air layering …

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  • 5circumposition — noun a) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned b) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement See Also: adposition, ambiposition, circumpose, infraposition, interposition …

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  • 6circumposition — cir·cum·position …

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  • 7Preposition and postposition — Prepositions (or more generally, adpositions, see below) are a grammatically distinct class of words whose most central members characteristically express spatial relations (such as the English words in, under, toward) or serve to mark various… …

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  • 8Paschtunische Sprache — Paschtunisch Gesprochen in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan Sprecher ca. 20 Millionen[1][2][3] Li …

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  • 9Adposition — En linguistique, une adposition est une catégorie grammaticale de mots outils immédiatement associés à un élément subordonné appelé complément ou régime et qui en indiquent la relation syntaxique et sémantique avec les autres éléments de la… …

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  • 10Tetum — Infobox Language name=Tetum nativename=Tetun, Lia Tetun familycolor=Austronesian states=East Timor, Indonesia, Australia, Portugal, United Kingdom region=Southeast Asia speakers=800,000 fam2=Malayo Polynesian (MP) fam3=Nuclear MP fam4=Central… …

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