Definition of apposition

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Definition of apposition

  • the act of positioning close together (or side by side) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. collocation
    2. juxtaposition
  • a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows (noun)

    Examples

    1. `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 (noun)

See definition of apposition in Merriam Webster