| NOUN | relation | apposition | a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows |
|---|---|---|---|
| process | apposition | (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material | |
| act | apposition, juxtaposition, collocation | the act of positioning close together (or side by side) |
| Meaning | A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "'Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition" | |
| Broader | modification, qualifying, limiting | The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning / meaning of the phrase |
| Spanish | aposición | |
| Catalan | aposició | |
| Adjectives | appositional, appositive | relating to or being in apposition |
| Meaning | (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Broader | growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically |
| Meaning | The act of positioning close together (or side by side). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | juxtaposition, collocation | |
| Narrower | tessellation | The careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern |
| Broader | placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement | The act of putting something in a certain place |
| Spanish | yuxtaposición | |
| Catalan | juxtaposició | |
| Verbs | appose | place side by side or in close proximity |
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