appose

American  

[uh-pohz] / əˈpoʊz /

verb (used with object)

apposed, apposing

1. to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.

2. to put or apply (one thing) to or near to another.

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appose British  

/ əˈpəʊz /

verb

1. to place side by side or near to each other

2. (usually foll by to) to place (something) near or against another thing

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Other Word Forms

• apposability noun
• apposable adjective
• apposer noun
• nonapposable adjective
• unapposable adjective

Etymology

Origin of appose

1585–95; by analogy with compose, propose, etc. < Latin appōnere to place near, set alongside, equivalent to ap- ap- ¹ + pōnere to place

Example Sentences

After coffee, Watson capitulated: perhaps the backbone was on the outside, and the bases—A, T, G, and C—faced in, apposed against each other.

From Literature

Last week, the department of fisheries and oceans confirmed the dire state of sockeye when it warned only 600,000 were expected to spawn this year, as apposed to the normal return of five million.

From The Guardian

“We want to have people see the downtown from the river as apposed to seeing the river from downtown.”

From Washington Times

“These toys learn and develop as appose to a tech toy which will always say the same thing back to you.”

From Reuters

In this sense, the Art of Fugue and the St. Matthew Passion were, for the evolving organism of human thought, feathered wings, apposing thumbs, new layers of frontal cortex.

From Literature