■ 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 ).