appositeness

ap·po·site

 (ăp′ə-zĭt)

adj.

Appropriate or relevant: chose an apposite name for the dog; felt the comments were not apposite to the discussion.

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[Latin appositus, past participle of appōnere, to put near : ad-, ad- + pōnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

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ap′po·site·ly adv.

ap′po·site·ness n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

appositeness - appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had considerable aptness" aptness appropriateness - the quality of being specially suitable inappositeness, inaptness - inappropriateness; "greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine"

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appositeness

noun

The fact of being related to the matter at hand:

applicability, application, bearing, concernment, germaneness, materiality, pertinence, pertinency, relevance, relevancy.

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