WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
-pos-, root.
- -pos- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "put;
place.'' This meaning is found in such words as: compose, composite, compost, composure, depose, deposit, dispose, expose, exposition, impose, impostor, interpose, juxtapose, oppose, pose, posit, position, positive, posture, predispose, preposition, prepossessing, presuppose, propose, proposition, purpose, repose, superimpose, suppose, supposition, transpose.
'-pos-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Melanippus
- POS
- Peano's postulates
- Seppo
- campo
- capo
- compo
- direct positive
- expo
- gyppo
- hippo
- hypo
- joropo
- kakapo
- katipo
- kipa
- logical positivism
- low profile
- parallel postulate
- pepo
- po
- point of sale
- point-of-sale
- pos.
- posada
- pose
- posigrade rocket
- positive
- positive caster
- positive column
- positive crankcase ventilation
- positive definite
- positive electricity
- positive electron
- positive eugenics
- positive feedback
- positive ion
- positive law
- positive lens
- positive organ
- positive ray
- positivism
- positron emission tomography
- posology
- possum haw
- posteriority
- postulancy
- postulant
- postulate
- postural drainage