"apposition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-apposition.wav Forms: appositions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, past participle of appōnere (“to put near”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|apposicioun}} Middle English apposicioun, {{der|en|frm|apposition}} Middle French apposition, {{der|en|la|appositiō}} Latin appositiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} apposition (countable and uncountable, plural appositions)
  1. (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: parathesis Translations (grammatical construction): приложение (priloženie) (Bulgarian), aposició [feminine] (Catalan), 同位語 (Chinese Mandarin), 同位语 (tóngwèiyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), přístavek [masculine] (Czech), navnetillæg (Danish), navnesamstilling (Danish), bijstelling [feminine] (Dutch), appositie [feminine] (Dutch), appositio (Finnish), rinnastus (Finnish), apposition [feminine] (French), Apposition [feminine] (German), Beisatz [masculine] (German), Beifügung [feminine] (German), παράθεση (paráthesi) [feminine] (Greek), adpozo (Ido), comhaisnéis [feminine] (Irish), apposizione [feminine] (Italian), 同格 (dōkaku) (alt: どうかく) (Japanese), co-aishnys [feminine] (Manx), хамжсан үг (xamžsan üg) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠬᠠᠮᠵᠢᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠦᠭᠡ (qamǰiɣsan üge) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), apozycja [feminine] (Polish), aposição [feminine] (Portuguese), aposto [masculine] (Portuguese), apoziție (Romanian), приложе́ние (priložénije) [neuter] (Russian), aposición [feminine] (Spanish), apposition [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (relationship in such construction): rinnasteisuus (Finnish), apposition [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-apposition-en-noun-en:grammar_construction Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 23 11 3 5 17 9 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 12 1 4 18 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 14 20 3 4 24 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 12 18 4 4 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 13 21 4 4 23 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 14 23 4 6 21 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 11 15 20 2 3 24 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 12 21 4 6 18 4 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 12 18 4 4 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 15 19 2 4 23 6 19 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammatical construction': 54 11 11 5 4 5 1 10 Disambiguation of 'relationship in such construction': 49 27 7 2 3 2 1 8
  2. (grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-apposition-en-noun-en:grammar_relationship Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 23 11 3 5 17 9 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 12 1 4 18 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 13 16 3 3 24 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 14 20 3 4 24 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 12 18 4 4 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 13 21 4 4 23 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 14 23 4 6 21 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 11 15 20 2 3 24 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 12 21 4 6 18 4 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 12 18 4 4 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 15 19 2 4 23 6 19 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being side by side): rinnakkaisuus (Finnish), aposição [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-apposition-en-noun-Q7vFxFgc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 23 11 3 5 17 9 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 12 1 4 18 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 13 16 3 3 24 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 14 20 3 4 24 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 12 18 4 4 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 13 21 4 4 23 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 14 23 4 6 21 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 11 15 20 2 3 24 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 12 21 4 6 18 4 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 12 18 4 4 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 15 19 2 4 23 6 19 Disambiguation of 'quality of being side by side': 3 2 63 25 1 2 0 4
  4. A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (placing of two things side by side): aposició [feminine] (Catalan), rinnastaminen (Finnish), aposição [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-apposition-en-noun-AbQvT2CJ Disambiguation of 'placing of two things side by side': 3 1 41 50 1 2 0 2
  5. (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall): aposició [feminine] (Catalan), appositio (Finnish), kerrostuminen (Finnish), Apposition [feminine] (German), apozycja [feminine] (Polish), aposição [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-apposition-en-noun-dBv2pyTo Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall': 4 4 4 2 82 1 0 1
  6. (rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-apposition-en-noun-KEx7W3Ts Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 23 11 3 5 17 9 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 18 15 3 5 23 8 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 11 18 14 2 4 25 8 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 12 1 4 18 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 13 16 3 3 24 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 14 20 3 4 24 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 12 18 4 4 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 15 19 2 4 26 5 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 13 21 4 4 23 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 14 23 4 6 21 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 11 15 20 2 3 24 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 14 20 2 3 25 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 14 20 2 3 25 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 12 21 4 6 18 4 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 12 18 4 4 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 14 20 2 3 26 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 15 19 2 4 23 6 19
  7. A public disputation by scholars. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-apposition-en-noun-4IEC-sAy
  8. (UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-apposition-en-noun-Dx46yUZs Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 23 11 3 5 17 9 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 12 1 4 18 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 13 18 4 3 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 12 17 4 3 20 5 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 12 18 4 4 19 5 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 13 16 3 3 24 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 14 20 3 4 24 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 12 18 4 4 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 13 21 4 4 23 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 14 23 4 6 21 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 11 15 20 2 3 24 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 12 17 4 3 19 5 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 12 21 4 6 18 4 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 10 12 18 4 3 20 5 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 12 14 19 3 4 19 5 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 12 18 4 4 21 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 14 17 4 3 20 5 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 12 18 4 4 20 5 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 15 19 2 4 23 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 12 17 3 3 20 5 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: appositional, malapposition, reapposition

Inflected forms

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      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        "The growth of successive layers of a cell wall."
      ],
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        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "growth",
          "growth"
        ],
        [
          "successive",
          "successive"
        ],
        [
          "layer",
          "layer"
        ],
        [
          "cell",
          "cell"
        ],
        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ]
      ],
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        "(biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Rhetoric"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetoric",
          "rhetoric"
        ],
        [
          "Appositio",
          "appositio"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "rhetoric",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A public disputation by scholars."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "disputation",
          "disputation"
        ],
        [
          "scholar",
          "scholar"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ceremonial",
          "ceremonial"
        ],
        [
          "speech day",
          "speech day"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/"
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priloženie",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "word": "приложение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aposició"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "word": "同位語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóngwèiyǔ",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "word": "同位语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "přístavek"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "word": "navnetillæg"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "word": "navnesamstilling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bijstelling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "appositie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "word": "appositio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "word": "rinnastus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apposition"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Apposition"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beisatz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beifügung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paráthesi",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παράθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "word": "adpozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comhaisnéis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apposizione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうかく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōkaku",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "word": "同格"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "co-aishnys"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xamžsan üg",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хамжсан үг"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "qamǰiɣsan üge",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠬᠠᠮᠵᠢᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠦᠭᠡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apozycja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aposição"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aposto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "word": "apoziție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priložénije",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "приложе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aposición"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grammatical construction",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "apposition"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relationship in such construction",
      "word": "rinnasteisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relationship in such construction",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "apposition"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality of being side by side",
      "word": "rinnakkaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality of being side by side",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aposição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "placing of two things side by side",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aposició"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "placing of two things side by side",
      "word": "rinnastaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "placing of two things side by side",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aposição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aposició"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall",
      "word": "appositio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall",
      "word": "kerrostuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Apposition"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apozycja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aposição"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apposition"
}

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