apposition
/,æpə'zɪʃən/
noun
10 letters4 syllables14 points in Scrabble®17 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
NOUN
1
The act of positioning close together (or side by side).
2
A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows.
“`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition”
3
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material.
WORD FORMS
Related formappose
Related formappositional
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®14 points
Words With Friends®17 points
Double word28 points
Triple word42 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinappositionway
Starts & ends withA … N
Syllablesap · po · si · tion
SYNONYMS & RELATED4
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