Apposition Definition & Meaning

apposition
noun
  1. a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"
  2. (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
  3. the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

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