Dictionary  pre•pos•i•tivePronunciation: (prē-poz'i-tiv), [key] Gram. —adj. (of a word) placed before another word to modify it or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence. In red book, red is a prepositive adjective. John's in John's book is a prepositive genitive. —n. a word placed before another as a modifier or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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