Definition of apposition - WordReference.com Dictionary

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apposition
A	noun
	1	juxtaposition, apposition, collocation
			the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚placement; location; locating; position; positioning; emplacement ╚juxtaposition, apposition, collocation ╚tessellation
	2	apposition
			(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚process ╚organic process; biological process ╚growth; growing; maturation; development; ontogeny; ontogenesis ╚apposition
	3	apposition
			a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚linguistic relation ╚grammatical relation ╚modification; qualifying; limiting ╚apposition