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Rareapposition
The correct spelling is apposition.
How to pronounce apposition
noun
IPA: /ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/
Say it like: App-osi-sho-n
The correct spelling is apposition. (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.
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Definition
noun
- 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.
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