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ap⋅po⋅si⋅tion

  [ap-uh-zish-uhn]
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–noun
1. the act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition.
2. the addition or application of one thing to another thing.
3. Grammar. a syntactic relation between expressions, usually consecutive, that have the same function and the same relation to other elements in the sentence, the second expression identifying or supplementing the first. In Washington, our first president, the phrase our first president is in apposition with Washington.
4. Biology. growth of a cell wall by the deposition of new particles in layers on the wall. Compare intussusception (def. 2).
Origin:
1400–50; late ME apposicioun < LL appositiōn- (s. of appositiō) < L apposit(us) (see apposite ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
ap⋅po⋅si⋅tion⋅al, adjective
ap⋅po⋅si⋅tion⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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ap·po·si·tion   (āp'ə-zĭsh'ən)   
n.  

  1. Grammar

    1. A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence; for example, Copley and the painter in The painter Copley was born in Boston.

    2. The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.

  2. A placing side by side or next to each other.

  3. Biology The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.


[Middle English apposicioun, from Latin appositiō, appositiōn-, from appositus, past participle of appōnere, to put near; see apposite.]
ap'po·si'tion·al adj., ap'po·si'tion·al·ly adv.
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Main Entry: ap·po·si·tion
Pronunciation: "ap-&-'zish-&n
Function: noun
1 : the placing of things in juxtaposition orproximity; specifically : deposition of successive layers upon those already present (as in cell walls) —compare ACCRETION, INTUSSUSCEPTION 2
2 : the state of being in juxtaposition orproximity (as in the drawing together of cut edges of tissue in healing) —ap·pose /a-'pOz/ transitive verb ap·posed;ap·pos·ing
—ap·po·si·tion·al /"ap-&-'zish-n&l, -&n-&l/ adjective
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apposition ap·po·si·tion (āp'ə-zĭsh'ən)
n.

  1. The putting in contact of two parts or substances.

  2. The condition of being placed or fitted together.

  3. The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.

ap'po·si'tion·al adj.
ap'po·si'tion·al·ly adv.

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