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/ɐpəzˈɪʃən/
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NOUN
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a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition - (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
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the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors
How To Use apposition In A Sentence
- His claim to have cured gastralgia by appositions of powder of red rose, coral and mastic, wormwood and mint, aniseed and nutmeg, is certainly not to be borne out, but he also had other systems, and often he cured, because he possessed the science of simples, which is now lost. Là-bas
- It is substantially unreasonable that taking the apposition of property loss and casualty as the basis for the statutory sentences of the apposition of death penalty and punishment against freedom.
- The apposition of property loss and casualty often appeared in the criminal law of China as a situation of the objects to which certain statutory punishment applied.
- The inaugural "O" is only confirmed as vocative, that is, when the first junctural lurch of "O W" is rounded out by the equally opened-mouthed apposition that results in the line's coming phonetic increment, "thou (w) breath of autumn's being. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
- I-- literally, "I ... my soul," in apposition; the faithful Jews here speak individually. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- The first seven bead appositions led to spikes in the fiber position that represent adhesive events of varying duration.
- Nephrops norvegicus), and increases in sensitivity up to 1000 above the more common apposition type eye (where light remains within a single facet/ommatidium). CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
- Single layer appositional closure is recommended for most cystotomies and particularly for thick-walled bladders.
- Arabs are hereby referred to (compare Jer 25: 23; 49: 32), as the words in apposition show, "that dwell in the wilderness." uncircumcised ... uncircumcised in the heart -- The addition of "in the heart" in Israel's case marks its greater guilt in proportion to its greater privileges, as compared with the rest. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- For their anterior three-fourths they lie in intimate apposition with one another, but behind they diverge in the form of two tapering processes, known as the crura, which are firmly connected to the rami of the pubic arch. XI. Splanchnology. 3c. 5. The Penis