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Apposition

/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

📖 Definitions of "Apposition"

noun
  1. 1

    (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

  2. 2

    The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.

  3. 3

    The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.

  4. 4

    A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.

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