Apposition Definition

ăpə-zĭshən
noun
A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence; for example, Copley and the painter in The painter Copley was born in Boston.
American Heritage
An apposing or being apposed; putting side by side.
Webster's New World
The position resulting from this.
Webster's New World
The placing of a word or expression beside another so that the second explains and has the same grammatical construction as the first.
Webster's New World
The relationship between such terms.
“my cousin” is in apposition to “Mary” in “Mary, my cousin, is here”
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Apposition

Noun

Singular:
apposition
Plural:
appositions

Origin of Apposition

  • Middle English apposicioun from Latin appositiō appositiōn- from appositus past participle of appōnere to put near apposite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin appositio > appositum, past participle of apponere (“to put near”).

    From Wiktionary

Apposition Sentence Examples

  • As the edges of the wound are brought into accurate apposition there is little or no blood lodged between them, so that an extremely narrow strip of fibrin glues the cut edges together.

  • The watering was caused by poor apposition of the lid to the globe caused by shortening of the lid secondary to excess skin removal.

  • The surgical procedure for the treatment of an open wound is - (r) arrest of haemorrhage; (2) cleansing of the wound and removal of any foreign bodies; (3) careful apposition of its edges and surfaces - the edges being best brought in contact by sutures of aseptic silk or catgut, the surfaces by carefully applied pressure; (4) free drainage, if necessary, to prevent accumulation either of blood or serous effusion; (5) avoidance of sepsis; (6) perfect rest of the part.

  • Closed wounds At the end of an operation wound edges are brought together in direct apposition (primary wound closure ).

  • Similarly imbricated epidermic productions form the covering of the undersurface of the tail of the African flying rodents of the family Anomaluridae; and flat scutes, with the edges in apposition, and not overlaid, clothe both surfaces of the tail of the beaver, rats and certain other members of the rodent order, and also of some insectivora and marsupials.

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Words Starting With

AAPAPP

Words Ending With

NONION

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