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Meaning of "postbase" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF POSTBASE

ˌpəʊstˈbeɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTBASE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Postbase is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POSTBASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Postbase

In linguistics a postbase is a special kind of grammatical suffixing morpheme that is suffixed to a base. It is mostly found in Eskimo–Aleut languages. Postbases differ from most other affixes in that they usually carry a much more salient semantic content than affixes in other languages and are semantically more akin to verbs. In Eskimo–Aleut languages meanings such as "to have", "to want", "to think", "to say" are usually expressed by postbases.

Definition of postbase in the English dictionary

The definition of postbase in the dictionary is a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTBASE

abase · airbase · base · bass · contrabass · database · debase · double-bass · embase · fanbase · firebase · freebase · subbase · wheelbase

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTBASE

postal vote · postally · postamputation · postanal · postapocalyptic · postarrest · postatomic · postattack · postaxial · postbag · postbiblical · postbox · postboy · postburn · postbus · postcapitalist · postcard · postcava · postcaval · postclassic

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTBASE

air base · airforce base · army base · client base · customer base · diabase · fan base · first base · get to first base · home base · kilobase · make-up base · military base · naval base · object database · off base · pizza base · Schiff base · seaplane base · tax base

Synonyms and antonyms of postbase in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «postbase» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTBASE

Find out the translation of postbase to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of postbase from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «postbase» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

postbase
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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postbase
570 millions of speakers
en

English

postbase
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

postbase
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

postbase
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

postbase
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

postbase
270 millions of speakers
bn

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postbase
260 millions of speakers
fr

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postbase
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Postbase
190 millions of speakers
de

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Postbase
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

postbase
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

postbase
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Postbase
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

postbase
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

postbase
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्टबेस
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

postbase
70 millions of speakers
it

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postbase
65 millions of speakers
pl

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postbase
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

postbase
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

postbase
30 millions of speakers
el

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postbase
15 millions of speakers
af

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postbase
14 millions of speakers
sv

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postbase
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

postbase
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTBASE»

Discover the use of postbase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postbase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Yup'ik (Central Eskimo) Language Guide (and more!)
More fancy sentences can be made by adding postbase words: llru - indicates past time, or past tense nrior nrite = indicates verb negation (not) yug = indicates " to want to..." Postbase Words are placed after the base word in the following order ...
Terryl Miller, 2006
2
Variations on Polysynthesis: The Eskaleut Languages
Abbreviations 1s, 1p first-person singular, plural 2s, 2p second-person singular, plural 3s, 3p third-person singular, plural A Agent cond conditional postbase denom derivational postbase (V → N) dur Aktionsart postbase (duration of action)  ...
Marc-Antoine Mahieu, Nicole Tersis, 2009
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Morphology Now
On the other hand, the second -yug- is a fully productive element of IS, and means, as seen in examples [2] and [4], 'to want to V. Before the second -yug-, there are two other RD suffixes: the VN postbase vig- 'place to V, and the NV postbase ...
Mark Aronoff, 1992
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Amazonian Linguistics: Studies in Lowland South American ...
The structure in 29 accounts for why certain suffixes appear to 'move': formatives such as the Yagua completive in 30-3 1 can function as suffixes to the main verb root (i.e. between the main verb root and the postbase), or as suffixes to the ...
Doris L. Payne, 2014
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North American Indian Anthropology: Essays on Society and ...
The first, -taaq, is the same postbase used generally with the meaning 'gets' or ' takes' (e.g., umiaktaaqpuq 'he gets a boat'). This construction is the usual way of referring to marriage (e.g., nuliaqtaaqpuq 'he takes a wife'). The -taaq postbase ...
Raymond J. DeMallie, Alfonso Ortiz, 1994
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HANDBOOK AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES
All except the location suffixes may occur to the right or to the left of the postbase -téniy. The suffix -rgitiy is somewhat more restricted; certain productive derivational suffixes are more likely to be specified for occurrence to its left or to its right.
Mouton De Gruyter, 1990
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Handbook of Amazonian Languages
All except the location suffixes may occur to the right or to the left of the postbase -tdniy. The suffix -rgify is somewhat more restricted; certain productive derivational suffixes are more likely to be specified for occurrence to its left or to its right.
Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum, 1990
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Handbook of North American Indians: Languages
P7ii applies also before the deleting postbase 36 |-zu-| and 59 |-zuit-|, the deleting suffixes in tables 10, 12, 13, which ... P10 is blocked before the second- person optative marker |+y*i-| and the postbase 44 |+y*uyay-|. 8. Devoicing (PI 3) and ...
William C. Sturtevant, Ives Goddard, 1996
9
Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World
202 Central Siberian Yupik as a Polysynthetic Language -sqe- -aa ask.to.V INDIC.3S.3S 'Hei asked himj to go ask himk to come in'. The postbase sqe- 'ask to.V' is used recursively. A third characteristic of some CSY postbases is that they can ...
‎2010
10
Documenting Endangered Languages: Achievements and Perspectives
Consequently, the verb forms with this postbase in CSY begin to resemble the “ imperfective aspect” of Russian verbs – this is probably the reason that Soviet CSY-to-Russian dictionaries include this postbase in the verb forms that they use as ...
Geoffrey Haig, Nicole Nau, Stefan Schnell, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTBASE»

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FP Mailing Solutions Introduces the PostBase Mini
ADDISON, Ill. –FP Mailing Solutions has just launched the PostBase Mini, the perfect postage meter for small businesses with light volume. «PR Web, May 15»
2
Carl Amacker Named New CEO of FP Mailing Solutions
PostBase Mini (NEW!) PostBase · PostBase 20 · CentorMail MAX · All Postage Meters » · Folder-Inserters · FPi-600 · FPi-2300 · FPi-2500 · FPi- ... «PR Web, Mar 15»
3
Halsey & Griffith Office Solutions Announces Corporate Name …
Hardware · Copiers & MFPs · Printers · Wide Format Printers · Mailing Systems · PostBase Postage Meter · Folder-Inserters · Blog · Contact Us. «PR Web, Jan 15»
4
10 Mailing Solutions for Small Businesses
The PostBase 20 is a semiautomatic postage meter that has a 5-pound scale and a user-friendly touch screen, and can print up to 20 letters per ... «BusinessNewsDaily, Sep 14»
5
FP Mailing Solutions Partners with National Breast Cancer …
FP Mailing Solutions again offers limited edition pink PostBase postage meter to customers as part of its continued partnership with the ... «PR Web, Jul 14»
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FP Mailing Solutions Announces Fastest PostBase Postage Meter …
FP Mailing Solutions, the U.S. subsidiary of Francotyp-Postalia, launched the PostBase 85 today, setting a new standard for mid-size business ... «PR Web, Oct 13»
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FP Gives PostBase Customers an Easy Way to Advertise When …
FP Mailing Solutions, international provider of postage meters and mailing equipment, announces PostBase Advertisements. Crafted ... «PR Web, Aug 13»
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FP Mailing Solutions Expands Its Reach In The North Carolina Region
FP's PostBase Postage Machines will be on display as well as various copier models. If you are in the area and would like to attend, please ... «PR Web, Jun 13»
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FP Mailing Solutions Announces New MailOne 2.0 Mailing Software
FP PostBase postage meter customers will be excited about MailOne 2.0's Commercial Based Pricing (CBP). Now even businesses with lower ... «PR Web, Feb 13»
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FP Gives Postage Meter Choices with New PostBase Mailing Systems
FP Mailing Solutions introduces PostBase, a sleek new line of advanced, easy-to-use postage meters, including user-friendly touch-screen ... «PR Web, Sep 12»
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