Apposite Definition

ăpə-zĭt
adjective
Appropriate or relevant.
Chose an apposite name for the dog; felt the comments were not apposite to the discussion.
American Heritage
Suited to the purpose; appropriate; apt.
Webster's New World

Appropriate, relevant, well-suited; fit.

Wiktionary

Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.

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Related, homologous.

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Synonyms:
noun
(rare) Something that is apposite.
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Other Word Forms of Apposite

Noun

Singular:
apposite
Plural:
apposites

Origin of Apposite

  • Latin appositus past participle of appōnere to put near ad- ad- pōnere to put apo- in Indo-European roots

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

  • From Latin appositus, past participle of adponere, from ad- + ponere (“to put, place”).

    From Wiktionary

Apposite Sentence Examples

  • The term " lifeless pallor " seems very apposite.

  • The paper then considers three change issues in HE which seem particularly apposite to key elements of the new paradigm.

  • The method is particularly apposite for studying feedback problems an example of which is given in the paper.

  • Its timing is quite apposite, as its launch is just before Freemasonry in the Community Week this summer.

  • To borrow Golda Meir's apposite zinger, don't be so humble, Anderson, you're not that great.

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Words Starting With

AAPAPP

Words Ending With

ETEITE

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Words Starting With A and Ending With E

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With A8 Letter Words Ending With E