apposition

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Synonyms: opposition, adposition, apparition, position, supposition, exposition, appetition, imposition, reposition, apportion, deposition

Antonyms: opposition, adposition, apparition, position, supposition, exposition, appetition, imposition, reposition, apportion, deposition

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|grammar-construction}} {{lb|en|grammar}} A [[construction]] in which one [[noun]] or [[noun phrase]] is placed with another as an [[explain|explanatory]] [[equivalent]], both of them having the same [[syntactic]] function in the sentence.
2. {{senseid|en|grammar-relationship}} {{lb|en|grammar}} The [[relationship]] [[between]] such nouns or noun phrases.
3. The quality of being [[side-by-side|side by side]], apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
4. A [[placing]] of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
5. {{lb|en|biology}} The [[growth]] of [[successive]] [[layer]]s of a [[cell]] [[wall]].
6. {{lb|en|rhetoric}} [[appositio|Appositio]], the addition of an element not syntactically required.
7. A [[public]] [[disputation]] by [[scholar]]s.
8. {{lb|en|UK}} A (now purely [[ceremonial]]) [[speech day]] at {{w|St Paul's School, London}}.

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