apposition
A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an…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.
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Meaning
8 senses(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
(countable, uncountable)The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
(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
More meanings 5
(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)
(countable, uncountable)The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
(countable, uncountable)A public disputation by scholars.
(UK, countable, uncountable)A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
Origin
From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, pastFrom Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, past participle of appōnere (“to put near”).
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Forms
plural: appositions| Singular | apposition |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- the act of positioning close together (or side by side):juxtapositioncollocation
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.