apposition
Pronunciation: /ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/
The English word “apposition” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
- The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
- A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
- The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
- Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
- A public disputation by scholars.
- A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
Etymology
From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, past participle of appōnere (“to put near”).
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