apposition

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
3. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
4. (countable, uncountable) A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
5. (countable, uncountable) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
6. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
7. (countable, uncountable) A public disputation by scholars.
8. (UK, countable, uncountable) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.

Sinonieme

juxtaposition

collocation

objection

contradiction

antagonism

disclosure

disposition

equality

line up

paralleling

subtend

same rank

arrayal

noun in apposition

arrangement in parallel

array

arraying

comparison

deployment

Vertalings

apposition

aposición

Apposition

apposizione

aposição

παράθεση

aposició

Hinzufügung

appositie

ekleme

προσθήκη

bijstelling

adjunto

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: apposicioun

In summary

From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, past participle of appōnere (“to put near”).