apposition (redirected from appositions)

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.

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[Middle English apposicioun, from Latin appositi, appositin-, from appositus, past participle of appnere, to put near; see apposite.]

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appo·sition·al adj.

appo·sition·al·ly adv.

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apposition

Noun

a grammatical construction in which a noun or group of words is placed after another to modify its meaning, for example my friend the mayor

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	apposition - a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition" limiting, qualifying, modification - the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
	2.	apposition - (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
	3.	apposition - the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" juxtaposition, collocation locating, positioning, emplacement, location, placement, position - the act of putting something in a certain place tessellation - the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; "a tessellation of hexagons"

Translations

apposition [æpəˈzɪʃən] n → Apposition f, Beifügung f;

A is in apposition to B → A ist eine Apposition zu B