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Definition apposition

Etymology

From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositio, from appositum, past participle of apponere (“to put near”).

Noun

apposition (countable and uncountable, plural appositions)

Examples (grammar)

In the phrase "my friend Alice" the name "Alice" is in apposition to "my friend".

  1. (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
  2. The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
  3. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.
  4. A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
  5. In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
  6. (rhetoric) Appositio
  7. A public disputation by scholars.
  8. (Britain) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.

Results 255 Words with the letters APPOSITION

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15 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
APOLIPOPROTEINS 26
DISAPPROBATIONS 26
DISPROPORTIONAL 24
PHILANTHROPOIDS 28
PHOSPHATIZATION 35
POPULARIZATIONS 33
POSTPOLLINATION 25
PREPOSITIONALLY 26
14 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
APOSTROPHISING 25
APOSTROPHIZING 34
APPROPRIATIONS 24
APPROXIMATIONS 31
DISAPPROBATION 25
EXPROPRIATIONS 28
POSTPOSITIONAL 22
13 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
PREPOSITIONAL 21
PROPITIATIONS 20
PROPOSITIONAL 21
SUPPOSITIONAL 22
12 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
APPOSITIONAL 20
OPPOSITIONAL 20
11 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
APPOSITIONS 18
10 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
APPOSITION 17
8 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
APPOINTS 15
POSITION 12
7 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
APPOINT 14
OPTIONS 11
PIANIST 11
POTIONS 11
SINOPIA 11
TOPSPIN 14
6 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
ISATIN 7
OPTION 10
PAINTS 10
PANTOS 10
PAPIST 12
PATINS 10
PATIOS 9
PATOIS 9
PIANOS 10
PINOTS 10
PINTAS 10
PINTOS 10
PIPITS 12
PISTON 10
PITONS 10
POINTS 10
POISON 10
POSTIN 10
POTION 10
PTISAN 10
SPINTO 10
5 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
ANTIS 6
INAPT 9
INTIS 6
IOTAS 5
NIPAS 9
OPSIN 9
OSTIA 5
PAINS 9
PAINT 9
PANTO 9
PANTS 9
PATIN 9
PATIO 8
PIANO 9
PIANS 9
PINAS 9
PINOT 9
PINTA 9
PINTO 9
PINTS 9
PIONS 9
PIPIT 11
PITAS 8
PITON 9
POINT 9
POONS 9
POOPS 11
POOTS 8
POSIT 8
PSOAI 8
SAINT 6
SANTO 6
SATIN 6
SNOOP 9
SNOOT 6
SPAIT 8
SPOON 9
STAIN 6
STOAI 5
STOOP 8
TAINS 6
TAPIS 8
TIPIS 8
TOONS 6
TOPIS 8
TOPOI 8
TOPOS 8
4 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
AINS 5
AITS 4
ANIS 5
ANTI 5
ANTS 5
APPS 10
ATOP 7
INIA 5
INTI 5
INTO 5
IONS 5
IOTA 4
NAOI 5
NAOS 5
NAPS 8
NIPA 8
NIPS 8
NISI 5
NITS 5
NOTA 5
OAST 4
OATS 4
ONOS 5
ONTO 5
OOPS 7
OOTS 4
OPTS 7
PAIN 8
PANS 8
PANT 8
PAPS 10
PAST 7
PATS 7
PIAN 8
PIAS 7
PINA 8
PINS 8
PINT 8
PION 8
PIPS 10
PISO 7
PITA 7
PITS 7
POIS 7
PONS 8
POON 8
POOP 10
POOS 7
POOT 7
POPS 10
POST 7
POTS 7
SAIN 5
SATI 4
SNAP 8
SNIP 8
SNIT 5
SNOT 5
SOAP 7
SOON 5
SOOT 4
SPAN 8
SPAT 7
SPIN 8
SPIT 7
SPOT 7
STOA 4
STOP 7
TAIN 5
TANS 5
TAOS 4
TAPS 7
TINS 5
TIPI 7
TIPS 7
TONS 5
TOON 5
TOPI 7
TOPO 7
TOPS 7
3 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
AIN 4
AIS 3
AIT 3
ANI 4
ANT 4
APP 9
APT 6
ASP 6
INS 4
ION 4
ITS 3
NAP 7
NIP 7
NIT 4
NOO 4
NOS 4
NOT 4
OAT 3
ONO 4
ONS 4
OOT 3
OPS 6
OPT 6
PAN 7
PAP 9
PAS 6
PAT 6
PIA 6
PIN 7
PIP 9
PIS 6
PIT 6
POI 6
POO 6
POP 9
POT 6
PSI 6
SAP 6
SAT 3
SIN 4
SIP 6
SIT 3
SON 4
SOP 6
SOT 3
SPA 6
TAN 4
TAO 3
TAP 6
TAS 3
TIN 4
TIP 6
TIS 3
TON 4
TOO 3
TOP 6
2 letter words with the letters APPOSITION ↑
AI 2
AN 3
AS 2
AT 2
IN 3
IS 2
IT 2
NA 3
NO 3
OI 2
ON 3
OP 5
OS 2
PA 5
PI 5
SI 2
SO 2
TA 2
TI 2
TO 2

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