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Apposition
Meaning
Noun
●
In Grammar:
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.
●
In Grammar:
The relationship between such
nouns
or
noun
phrases.
●
The quality of being
side-by-side
,
apposed
instead of
being
opposed
, not being front-to-front but
next to
each other.
●
A
placing
of two things
side by side
, or the
fitting
together of two things.
●
In Biology:
The growth of
successive
layers
of a cell wall.
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In Rhetoric:
Appositio, the
addition
of an
element
not
syntactically
required.
●
A public
disputation
by scholars.
●
In British English:
A (now
purely
ceremonial
)
speech day
at St Paul's School, London.
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Synonyms
Parathesis
Related
Infinitive
Adverbial
Attributive
Genitive
Accusative
Excision
Interrogative
Prepositional Phrases
Auxiliary Verbs
Phrasal Verb
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