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(n.)A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another…
(n.)A placing side by side or next to each other.
(n.)The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
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Apposition is a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to define or modify the other. When this device is used, the t...
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apposition /ap·po·si·tion/ (ap″o-zish´un) juxtaposition; the placing of things in proximity; specifically, the deposition of successive layers upon those...
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When two words, clauses, or phrases stand close together and share the same part of the sentence, they are in apposition and are called appositives.
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1 a : a grammatical construction in which two usually adjacent nouns having the same referent stand in the same syntactical relation to the rest of a...
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Placing side-by-side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first.
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Here: tales in no more and no less than ninety nine words, to fit the ninth track chosen at shuffle by iTunes. They are the white bit at the end of your fingernail. They are as extensions to the active part. They require trimming – although clippers don’t come with a word limit. They are the first Waster of Cities...
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Aug 16, 2007 When two words, clauses, or phrases stand close together and share the same part of the sentence, they are in apposition and are called...
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Apposition: The word "apposition" has several senses including the act of adding Growth by apposition is a mode of growth that is characteristic of many...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about apposition. apposition. Information about apposition in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. The word or phrase in apposition is marked off from its antecedent (to which it refers) by a pair of commas.
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