apposition

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, past participle of appōnere (“to put near”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/ === Noun === apposition (countable and uncountable, plural appositions) (grammar) 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. Synonym: parathesis (grammar) 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) 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 ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === apposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Finnish == === Noun === apposition genitive singular of appositio == French == === Etymology === From Latin appositiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.po.zi.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === apposition f (plural appositions) apposition ==== Related terms ==== apposer === Further reading === “apposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012