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apposition definition

apposition


 
  Grep  of  noun  apposition 
  apposition 
 
  Overview  of  noun  apposition 
 
  The  noun  apposition  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  apposition  --  (a  grammatical  relation  between  a  word  and  a  noun  phrase  that  follows;  "`Rudolph  the  red-nosed  reindeer'  is  an  example  of  apposition") 
  2.  apposition  --  ((biology)  growth  in  the  thickness  of  a  cell  wall  by  the  deposit  of  successive  layers  of  material) 
  3.  juxtaposition,  apposition  --  (the  act  of  positioning  close  together  (or  side  by  side);  "it  is  the  result  of  the  juxtaposition  of  contrasting  colors") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  apposition 
  appositional 
 
  Overview  of  noun  apposition 
 
  The  noun  apposition  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  apposition  --  (a  grammatical  relation  between  a  word  and  a  noun  phrase  that  follows;  "`Rudolph  the  red-nosed  reindeer'  is  an  example  of  apposition") 
  2.  apposition  --  ((biology)  growth  in  the  thickness  of  a  cell  wall  by  the  deposit  of  successive  layers  of  material) 
  3.  juxtaposition,  apposition  --  (the  act  of  positioning  close  together  (or  side  by  side);  "it  is  the  result  of  the  juxtaposition  of  contrasting  colors") 



apposition definition