Apposition
noun,æpə'zɪʃən
Noun
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
“`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition”
Type of:QualifyingLimitingModificationthe act of positioning close together (or side by side)
Type of:PositionLocatingPlacement(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
Type of:MaturationDevelopmentGrowing
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA
Similar Words
- Collocation
- Juxtaposition
- Appose
- Appositional