apposition

1. (countable, uncountable)A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

   Apposition, Beisatz, Beifügung

   приложе́ниеpriložénije

   прикладкаprykladka, апозиціяapozycija

2. (countable, uncountable)The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.

   a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows

3. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.

4. (countable, uncountable)A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.

   the act of positioning close together (or side by side)

5. (countable, uncountable)The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.

   Apposition

   (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material

6. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.

7. (countable, uncountable)A public disputation by scholars.

8. (UK, countable, uncountable)A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.

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