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Definition of Apposition
1. Noun. A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows. "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"
2. Noun. (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material.
Generic synonyms: Development, Growing, Growth, Maturation, Ontogenesis, Ontogeny
3. Noun. The act of positioning close together (or side by side). "It is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
Generic synonyms: Emplacement, Locating, Location, Placement, Position, Positioning
Specialized synonyms: Tessellation
Derivative terms: Appose, Collocate, Juxtapose
Definition of Apposition
1. n. The act of adding; application; accretion.
Definition of Apposition
1. Noun. (grammar) 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. ¹
2. Noun. The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases. ¹
3. Noun. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other. ¹
4. Noun. A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things. ¹
5. Noun. In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall. ¹
6. Noun. (rhetoric) Appositio ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apposition
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Medical Definition of Apposition
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1. The act of adding; application; accretion. "It grows . . . By the apposition of new matter." (Arbuthnot)
2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
3. 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 characterises the first.
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