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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical
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noun
A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
The act of circumposing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
From circum- + position. From Latin circumpositio, from circumpōno (“to put round”).
