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apposition
noun
- an apposing or being apposed; putting side by side
- the position resulting from this
- Gram.
- the placing of a word or expression beside another so that the second explains and has the same grammatical construction as the first
- the relationship between such terms (Ex.: my cousin is in apposition with Mary in “Mary, my cousin, is here”)
Related Forms:
- appositional adjective
- appositionally adverb
See apposition in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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