apposition

Meaning of apposition

noun
  1. (grammar) 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.
  2. The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
  3. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.
  4. A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
  5. In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
  6. Appositio
  7. A public disputation by scholars.
  8. A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.

Information about apposition

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of apposition is: appositions.
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Hyphenation of apposition

ap-po-si-tion

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • apposition is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

apposition synonyms

Meaning juxtaposition:

juxtaposition, collocation

Meaning :

parathesis

Translation of apposition

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