Definition of Appositional

1. Adjective. Relating to or being in apposition. "An appositive noun"

Exact synonyms: Appositive
Partainyms: Apposition, Apposition
Derivative terms: Apposition, Appose

Definition of Appositional

1. a. Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.

Definition of Appositional

1. Adjective. Relating to apposition. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Appositional

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Appositional

apposable
appose
apposed
apposer
apposers
apposes
apposing
apposite
appositely
appositeness
appositenesses
apposites
appositio
apposition
apposition suture
appositional
appositional growth
appositionally
appositions
appositive
appositively
appositives
appr
apprais'd
appraisable
appraisal cost
appraisals
appraise
appraiseability

Literary usage of Appositional

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners, in Devanâgarî and Roman Letters Throughout by Friedrich Max Müller (1870)
"... stands as the predicate of the second portion, such as in black-beetle, sky-blue, &c. The following are some instances of appositional compounds : fi ..."

2. A New German Grammar by Marion Dexter Learned (1903)
"42 Appositional Genitive. This genitive has been obscured and often ... The appositional construction is employed more extensively in German than in English ..."

3. A Latin Composition: For Secondary Schools by Charles Edwin Bennett (1897)
"1-4. 2. Genitive of Quality. 203. 1-5; A. & G. 215. a, £; 252.0; H. 396. V. 3. Appositional Genitive. 202; A. & G. 214. 2./; H. 396. VI. EXAMPLES. ..."

4. The National Teacher: A Monthly Educational Journal by Emerson Elbridge White (1875)
"SUBJECT, OBJECT, ATTRIBUTE (ie PREDICATE), AND Appositional CLAUSES. ... object, attribute, or appositional clause, is an expletive. ..."

5. New High German: A Comparative Study by William Winston Valentine (1894)
"Appositional RELATIONS. 834. Many composita are either not at all to be explained by prepositions, or with difficulty ; the notions of both words appear ..."

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