apposition

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

apposition

adjonction

collocation

Synonymes

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

Traductions

aposición

Apposition

apposizione

aposição

aposició

παράθεση

προσθήκη

Hinzufügung

ekleme

appositie

adjunto

bir araya koyma

البدل

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: apposicioun

In summary

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