APPOSITION
/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/
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Scrabble
17
WWF
A(1) P(3) P(3) O(1) S(1) I(1) T(1) I(1) O(1) N(1)
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Definition
/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/
noun
- (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.
- The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.
- A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
- In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
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