"appositive" meaning in English

See appositive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈpɑzɪtɪv/ [General-American], /-ɾɪv/ [General-American], /əˈpɒzɪtɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-appositive.wav
enPR: ə-pŏzʹĭ-tĭv [General-American] Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} appositive (not comparable)
  1. of or being in apposition Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: appositively Translations (of or being in apposition): 同位的 (tóngwèi de) (Chinese Mandarin), rinnasteinen (Finnish), appositiivinen (Finnish), értelmező (Hungarian), értelmezői (Hungarian), appozitív (Hungarian), apositivo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-appositive-en-adj-3Fd-f4Cx

Noun

IPA: /əˈpɑzɪtɪv/ [General-American], /-ɾɪv/ [General-American], /əˈpɒzɪtɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-appositive.wav Forms: appositives [plural]
enPR: ə-pŏzʹĭ-tĭv [General-American] Head templates: {{en-noun}} appositive (plural appositives)
  1. (grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (word or phrase in apposition): 同位語 /同位语 (tóngwèiyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), appositioattribuutti (Finnish), értelmező (Hungarian), értelmező jelző (Hungarian), aposto [masculine] (Portuguese), приложе́ние (priložénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-appositive-en-noun-cfxapxix Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 86 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "rinnasteinen"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "of or being in apposition",
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        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of or being in apposition",
          "word": "értelmező"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of or being in apposition",
          "word": "értelmezői"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "of or being in apposition",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "értelmező"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "sense": "of or being in apposition",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or being in apposition",
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      "sense": "of or being in apposition",
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      "sense": "word or phrase in apposition",
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      "word": "aposto"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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