 apposition |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material | |
| Related terms: | growth biology | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of positioning close together (or side by side) | |
| Synonyms: | juxtaposition collocation | |
| Examples: | "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" |
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| Related terms: | location tessellation collocate | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (grammar) a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows | |
| Examples: | "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition" |
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| Related terms: | modification | |
| Similar spelling: |
appositional appositive apposite appositively appositeness |
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