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apposition definition
apposition |
Grep of noun apposition apposition Overview of noun apposition The noun apposition has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. apposition -- (a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition") 2. apposition -- ((biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material) 3. juxtaposition, apposition -- (the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors") Grep of adj apposition appositional Overview of noun apposition The noun apposition has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. apposition -- (a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition") 2. apposition -- ((biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material) 3. juxtaposition, apposition -- (the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors")
apposition definition