appositions (0 synonym found)

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Definition of appositions:

(n) : (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.
(n) : (grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
(n) : The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
(n) : A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
(n) : (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
(n) : (rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
Definition of appositions:

(n) : (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.
(n) : (grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
(n) : The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
(n) : A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
(n) : (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
(n) : (rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
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