Defenition of the word apposition

• Defenition of the word apposition

  • A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows.
  • a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"
  • the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
  • (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
  • a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer'' is an example of apposition"
  • the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
  • a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows

Synonyms for the word apposition

• • collocation
  • juxtaposition

Hyponyms for the word apposition

• • tessellation

Hypernyms for the word apposition

• • development
  • emplacement
  • growing
  • growth
  • limiting
  • locating
  • location
  • maturation
  • modification
  • ontogenesis
  • ontogeny
  • placement
  • position
  • positioning
  • qualifying

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