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apposition
[ ap-uh-zish-uhn ]
noun
- the act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition.
- the addition or application of one thing to another thing.
- Grammar. a syntactic relation between expressions, usually consecutive, that have the same function and the same relation to other elements in the sentence, the second expression identifying or supplementing the first. In Washington, our first president, the phrase our first president is in apposition with Washington.
- Biology. growth of a cell wall by the deposition of new particles in layers on the wall. Compare intussusception ( def 2 ).
apposition
/ ˌæpəˈzɪʃən /
noun
- a putting into juxtaposition
- a grammatical construction in which a word, esp a noun phrase, is placed after another to modify its meaning
- See intussusceptionbiology growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposition of successive layers of material Compare intussusception
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Derived Forms
- ˌappoˈsitional, adjective
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Other Words From
- appo·sition·al adjective
- appo·sition·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apposition1
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Example Sentences
"The Alfar's Lament" is the early dawn, and is in apposition to "early morn," in the following line.
Moreover, the difference is not absolute; there are intermediary stages between apposition and intussusception.
The raw areas are brought into apposition with fine sutures.
He is thrown into too humbling an apposition with the author of Hamlet.
In apposition with some other nominative word, adding to the meaning of that word: "The reaper Death with his sickle keen."
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