apposition
See also: Apposition
English
Etymology
From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, past participle of appōnere (“to put near”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/
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Noun
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apposition (countable and uncountable, plural appositions)
- (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.
- Synonym: parathesis
- 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 65:
- The apposition in the title has been read as indicating that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is equivalent to ‘colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases’.
- (grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
- A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
- (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
- (rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
- A public disputation by scholars.
- (UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
Derived terms
Translations
grammatical construction
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relationship in such construction
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quality of being side by side
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placing of two things side by side
biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall
rhetoric: appositio — see appositio
Further reading
- apposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
French
Etymology
From Latin appositiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.po.zi.sjɔ̃/
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Related terms
Further reading
- “apposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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