Added 9 October 2026
apposition
/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/ noun
Latin root: appositiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about apposition at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- 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 opposed, next to each other.
Origin
From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, past participle of appōnere (“to put near”).
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