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Definition of Appositive
1. Adjective. Relating to or being in apposition. "An appositive noun"
Definition of Appositive
1. a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.
Definition of Appositive
1. Noun. (grammar): a word or phrase that is in apposition. ¹
2. Adjective. of or being in apposition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Appositive
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Appositive
Literary usage of Appositive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1901)
"THE appositive. 150. A phrase containing an appositive is called an ... An appositive
or appositive phrase is an adjective modifier of the noun to which it ..."
2. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Herbert Weir Smyth (1916)
"An appositive agrees in case with the pronoun contained in the verb ... An appositive
to a possessive pronoun stands in the genitive, in agreement with the ..."
3. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"If the current combination of nouns in the appositive fashion has brought about
their being pronounced with a unity of accent, the original grammatical ..."
4. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"4. b, 5. a, bb When the appositive stands in direct address it is in the nom.
... Under the influence of lively or excited feeling an appositive in the nom. ..."
5. The Structure of the English Sentence by Lillian Gertrude Kimball (1900)
"The appositive is a very loosely joined adjunct, but its position in the ...
The appositive phrase comes about in this way. The sentence quoted above really ..."
6. Lessons in English by Fred Newton Scott (1912)
"An appositive phrase is an appositive with all its modifiers. 160. ... Tell which
phrases in the following are appositive and which possessive; ..."
7. Elementary Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wadleigh Harvey (1880)
"An appositive always denotes the same object as that denoted by the noun it ...
An appositive is a word, or group of words, used to modify a noun or pronoun ..."
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