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

"Deterrence is particularly apposite in this case given the current state of affairs in Sudan," she said.

From BBC

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

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

The play ends with Alvita and her husbands singing along to Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman,” which is both apposite and wrong.

From New York Times