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Definition: Apposition |
AppositionNoun1. A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition". 2. (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material. 3. The act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "apposition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Apposition \Ap`po*si"tion\, noun. [Latin expression appositio, from apponere: compare to the French expression apposition. See Apposite.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Language | Term used when paratactically joined forms are grammatically, but not in meaning equivalent e. g. John(, )the poor boy. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AppositionSynonym: juxtaposition (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Conformity; conformance; uniformity; consonance, consentaneousness, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union. |
Contiguity | Noun: contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition, abuttal, juxtaposition; abutment, osculation; meeting, appulse, rencontre, rencounter, syzygy, coincidence, coexistence; adhesion; touching; Verb: (see touch ). |
Interpretation | Equivalent, equivalent meaning; synonym; paraphrase, metaphrase; convertible terms, apposition; dictionary; polyglot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Apposition |
| English words defined with "apposition": Apposed, appositional, appositive ♦ Growth by apposition ♦ in apposition, Inosculate ♦ Of ♦ Parathesis ♦ To. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "apposition": Gap Junctions ♦ Possessive of Nouns in Apposition ♦ To ♦ With, wound suture. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Apposition" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (application, appositeness, apposition), German (apposition), Swedish (apposition). |
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| "Apposition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Apposition" is used about 48 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 48 | 49,194 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "apposition": Growth by apposition ♦ in apposition. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
apposition | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "apposition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | apozicion, ndajshtim. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عطف بيان, ضم (add, adjoin, annexation, close, combine, conjoin, conjunction, join, piece, piece together, subtend, take in), النمو التراكيبي, إضافة (accession, addendum, addition, bonus, extension, genitive, increment, rider, supplement), بدل (allowance, change, exchange, lieu, quid pro quo, recompense, shift, sit, substitute, supersede, switch, treadle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съпоставяне (contrast, juxtaposition), слагане (application, implantation, laying, placement), апозиция, поставяне (administration, application, implantation, laying, mounting, placement, production). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | apozice, přístavek (annex, annexe, outbuilding, penthouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | apposition. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وصفی (Adjectival, Adjective, Descriptive, Ordinal), عطف بیان , بدل (Brassy, False, Spurious, Substitute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | apposition (application, appositeness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hinzufügung (addition, annexation, enclosing), Apposition. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παράθεση (comparison, disclosure, juxtaposition, quotation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hozzáadás (addition, admixture), egymás mellé helyezés (juxtaposition), értelmezõ jelzõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | aposisi, tambahan (boost, complement, counterattraction, extra, gain, mend, plus, supplement), susulan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | apposizione (addition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 同 (equality, the same rank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どうかく (equality, the same rank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cheu ry heu (adjacent, broadside on, side by side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | appositionay aposição (accretion). (various references) apoziţie, aplicare (adhibition, appliance, application, infliction, practice), punere (adhibition, application, laying, setting), fixare (application, assignation, attachment, fastening, fixation, impress, nomination, retention), combinare (combination), îmbinare (butt, conjugation, conjunction, contexture, gathering, imbibition, join, joinder, marriage, meeting). (various references) приложение (addenda, addendum, adjunct, annex, apendices, apendix, aposition, app appendix, appendices, appendix, appendix (to), application, run on, supplement). (various references) apozicija, dodatak (add, addendum, addition, additive, adjunct, adulterant, affix, annex, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, context, extra, insert, makeweight, overplus, plus, supplement). (various references) aposición. (various references) apposition. (various references) appozisyon, yanyana koyma (juxtaposition), ilâve etme, ekleme (adding, addition, affiliation, annexation, extension, supplementation), biraraya koyma. (various references) усний екзамен (oral), співбесіда, відкритий диспут, прикладка, прикладення. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "apposition": appositional, appositions. (additional references) | |
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"Apposition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adposition, apporition, appostion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "apposition" (pronounced 'Ap`po*si"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-n-o-o-p-p-s-t" | |
-2 letters: appoints, position. | |
-3 letters: appoint, options, pianist, potions, sinopia, topspin. | |
-4 letters: isatin, option, paints, pantos, papist, patins, patios, patois, pianos, pinots, pintas, pintos, pipits, piston, pitons, points, poison, postin, potion, ptisan, spinto. | |
-5 letters: antis, inapt, intis, iotas, nipas, opsin, ostia, pains, paint, panto, pants, patin, patio, piano, pians, pinas, pinot, pinta, pinto, pints, pions, pipit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-n-o-o-p-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: appositions. | |
+2 letters: appositional, oppositional. | |
+3 letters: prepositional, propitiations, propositional, suppositional. | |
+4 letters: apostrophising, apostrophizing, appropriations, approximations, disapprobation, expropriations, postpositional. | |
+5 letters: apolipoproteins, disapprobations, disproportional, philanthropoids, phosphatization, popularizations, postpollination, prepositionally. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 70 70 6F 73 69 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. .--. --- ... .. - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01110000 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p p o s i t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 0070 006F 0073 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35828281857586758180 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indoneser, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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