apposition
noun/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/
Etymology From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, past participle of appōnere (“to put near”).
8 senses
- 1A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is…
- 2The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- 3The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of…
- 4A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting…
- 5The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
- 6Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
- 7A public disputation by scholars.
- 8A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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 apposition in the title has been read as indicating that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is equivalent to ‘colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases’.2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 65:
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
Biology, Natural sciences The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
Rhetoric Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
A public disputation by scholars.
UK A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
- Derived terms
- appositional, malapposition, reapposition