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Apposition (Noun)

Meaning 1

The act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

  • Collocation
  • Juxtaposition

Hypernyms

  • Placement
  • Locating
  • Emplacement
  • Positioning
  • Position

Hyponyms

  • Tessellation

Related Words

  • Appose (verb)

Meaning 2

A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition".

Classification

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.

Hypernyms

  • Limiting
  • Qualifying

Related Words

  • Appositional (adjective)

Meaning 3

(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Hypernyms

  • Ontogenesis
  • Maturation
  • Growing
  • Development
  • Ontogeny
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