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ap·po·site    Audio Help   [ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: an apposite answer.

[Origin: 1615–25; < L appositus added to, put near (ptp. of appōnere), equiv. to ap- ap-1 + positus placed (posi- place + -tus ptp. suffix)]

ap·po·site·ly, adjective
ap·po·site·ness, noun
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ap·po·site    Audio Help   (āp'ə-zĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Strikingly appropriate and relevant. See Synonyms at relevant.


[Latin appositus, past participle of appōnere, to put near : ad-, ad- + pōnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

ap'po·site·ly adv., ap'po·site·ness n.
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apposite 
1621, "well-put or applied, appropriate," from L. appositus, pp. of apponere "apply to, put near," from ad- "near" + ponere "to place" (see position).

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adjective
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" 

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Apposite

Ap"po*site\, a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.] Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. -- Ap"po*site*ly, adv. -- Ap"po*site*ness, n.
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apposite was Word of the Day on August 23, 1999.

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