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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extraposition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-tra-po-si-tion
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The movement of an element from its normal place to one at the end, or near the end, of a sentence.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English position English extraposition From extra- + position.

Usage

Inflected Forms

extrapositions (plural)

Questions

What does extraposition mean?
The movement of an element from its normal place to one at the end, or near the end, of a sentence.
Where does extraposition come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English position English extraposition From extra- + position.

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