apposition

apposition antonyms

division compare apposition and division
incongruity compare apposition and incongruity
erraticism compare apposition and erraticism
irregularity compare apposition and irregularity
inconsistency compare apposition and inconsistency
inconstancy compare apposition and inconstancy
separation compare apposition and separation
variation compare apposition and variation

apposition definitions

noun

  • A public disputation by scholars. 

  • A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things. 

  • The growth of successive layers of a cell wall. 

  • Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required. 

  • 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 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. 

  • A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.