Words Like APPOSITION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to APPOSITION.

14 Alternative Words Similar to apposition

1 Juxtaposition Noun      Synonym Words Like Juxtaposition
2 Collocation Noun      Synonym Words Like Collocation
3 Development Noun      Synonym Words Like Development
4 Emplacement Noun      Synonym Words Like Emplacement
5 Growing Noun      Synonym Words Like Growing
6 Growth Noun      Synonym Words Like Growth
7 Locating Noun      Synonym Words Like Locating
8 Location Noun      Synonym Words Like Location
9 Modification Noun      Synonym Words Like Modification
10 Placement Noun      Synonym Words Like Placement
11 Position Noun      Synonym Words Like Position
12 Positioning Noun      Synonym Words Like Positioning
13 Qualifying Noun      Synonym Words Like Qualifying
14 Tessellation Noun      Hyponym

8 definitions of apposition

1 The act of adding to or together; a setting to; application; a placing together; juxtaposition.
2 In grammar: The relation to a noun (or pronoun) of another noun, or in some cases of an adjective or a clause, that is added to it by way of explanation or characterization.
3 The relation of two or more nouns (or a noun and pronoun) in the same construction, under the above conditions.
4 . In rhetoric, the addition of a parallel word or phrase by way of explanation or illustration of another.
5 A public disputation or examination: now used only as a name of Speech Hay in St. Paul's School, London.
6 a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
7 (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
8 the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
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