English
Etymology
From L. appositio > appositum, past participle of apponere "to put near".
Noun
en-noun
- grammar a construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explain|explanatory equivalent, both 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 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.
Antonyms
opposition
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