appositive

appositive

An appositive is a noun that serves to describe or rename another noun (or pronoun) that appears directly before it in a sentence.

When an appositive is made up of a noun phrase, it is known as an appositive phrase.

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ap·pos·i·tive

 (ə-pŏz′ĭ-tĭv)

adj.

Of, relating to, or being in apposition.

n. Grammar

A word or phrase that is in apposition.

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ap·pos′i·tive·ly adv.

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appositive

(əˈpɒzɪtɪv)

adj

1. (Grammar) grammar

a. standing in apposition

b. another word for nonrestrictive

2. (Biology) of or relating to apposition

3. (Grammar) of or relating to apposition

n

(Grammar) an appositive word or phrase

apˈpositively adv

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ap•pos•i•tive

(əˈpɒz ɪ tɪv)

n.

1. a word or phrase in apposition.

adj.

2. of, pertaining to, or placed in apposition.

[1685–95]

ap•pos′i•tive•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

appositive - relating to or being in apposition; "an appositive noun" appositional

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