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apposition

/ apposition /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
Type of:
growth growing maturation
Domain:
biology biological science
noun Sense 2
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
"`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer'' is an example of apposition"
Type of:
modification qualifying limiting
noun Sense 3
the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
"it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
Type of:
placement location locating
Kinds of:
tessellation
Derived:
collocate lump chunk appose juxtapose
Semantic Complexity
63%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
1
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growth growing maturation modification qualifying limiting placement location locating tessellation