apposite

American  

[ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it] / ˈæp ə zɪt, əˈpɒz ɪt /

adjective

1. suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt.

   an apposite answer.

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apposite British  

/ ˈæpəzɪt /

adjective

1. well suited for the purpose; appropriate; apt

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Other Word Forms

• appositely adjective
• appositeness noun
• unapposite adjective
• unappositely adverb
• unappositeness noun

Etymology

Origin of apposite

1615–25; < Latin appositus added to, put near (past participle of appōnere ), equivalent to ap- ap- ¹ + positus placed ( posi- place + -tus past participle suffix)

Example Sentences

Still, there is profit and occasional jollity in brisk recapitulations of seminal events by a fluent storyteller with an eye for telling detail and apposite quotation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

On guitar, she played a mash-up of A Place In This World, from her debut album, and 1989's New Romantics, with the apposite lyric: "Heartbreak is the national anthem / We sing it proudly."

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

Depression had not previously been the subject of comedy, but it seemed appropriately apposite to a year of national self-celebration.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Overnight, we heard the British national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” updated to reflect the kingdom’s new reality, its apposite monarch tweaked in the title, its pronouns abruptly swung back to the masculine.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022

And he entered into it all, adding here and there an apposite suggestion, which thoroughly appealed.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram