Apposition

What do we mean by apposition?

A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence; for example, Copley and the painter in The painter Copley was born in Boston. noun

The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases. noun

A placing side by side or next to each other. noun

The growth of successive layers of a cell wall. noun

The act of adding to or together; a setting to; application; a placing together; juxtaposition. noun

In grammar: The relation to a noun (or pronoun) of another noun, or in some cases of an adjective or a clause, that is added to it by way of explanation or characterization. noun

The relation of two or more nouns (or a noun and pronoun) in the same construction, under the above conditions. noun

. In rhetoric, the addition of a parallel word or phrase by way of explanation or illustration of another. noun

A public disputation or examination: now used only as a name of Speech Hay in St. Paul's School, London.

The act of adding; application; accretion. noun

The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed. noun

The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. noun

A mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance. noun

A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, either having the same syntactic function in the sentence. noun

The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases. noun

The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other. noun

A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things. noun

In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall. noun

Appositio noun

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.

The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.

A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.

In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall.

Appositio

A public disputation by scholars.

A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.

Creatures who inhabit the dense forests of North America and High School literature books, in search of lazy students and grammtical errors. Though, they carry out their grim duties will a smile on their face. Always. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to apposition:
apposition, opposition, adposition, position, deposition, exposition, apparition, supposition, imposition, apportion, appositive, reposition, appetition, seposition, malposition, appositions.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word apposition:
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Words that rhyme with apposition:
flap position, gap position, lap position, map position, tap position, trap position.

Adjectives that are often used to describe apposition:
close, accurate, direct, good, perfect, periosteal, exact, proper, complete, simple, poor, bony, closer, correct, intimate, firm, normal, mere, immediate, tight, end, continuous, adequate, incomplete, better, pronominal, constant, subperiosteal, endosteal, excellent, grammatical, restrictive, careful, lateral, mutual, satisfactory, anatomical, mucosal, precise, loose, imperfect, retinal, closest, passive, genital, explanatory, mechanical, side, partial, easy, continual, continued, reparative, partitive, osteoblastic, cortical, anatomic, inadequate, osseous, surgical, mucosa, abnormal, faulty, successive, optimal, nominal, peripheral, bayonet, comfortable, expository, neat, snug, nice, cloacal, pronuclear, graceful, edge.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective apposition:
image, resorption.

Consonant match to apposition:
opposition.

Words that sound like apposition:
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