APPOSITION


Meaning of APPOSITION in English

■ noun

1》 chiefly technical the positioning of things next to each other.

2》 Grammar a relationship between two or more words in which the units are grammatically parallel and have the same referent (e.g. my friend Sue ).

Derivatives

~al adjective &noun

appositive adjective &noun

Origin

ME: from late L. appositio(n-) , from apponere (see apposite ).

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