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appositional

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ap·po·si·tion  (p-zshn)
n.
1. Grammar
a. A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence; for example, Copley and the painter in The painter Copley was born in Boston.
b. The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
2. A placing side by side or next to each other.
3. Biology The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
[Middle English apposicioun, from Latin appositi, appositin-, from appositus, past participle of appnere, to put near; see apposite.]
appo·sition·al adj.
appo·sition·al·ly adv.
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Adj.1.appositional - relating to or being in apposition; "an appositive noun"
appositive
Translations
appositional [ˌæpəˈzɪʃənl] ADJ → aposicional


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