apposition – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: limiting,
modification,
qualifying,
ontogeny,
maturation,
development,
ontogenesis,
growing,
growth,
locating,
emplacement,
location,
positioning,
position,
placement
apposition
n.
act of positioning side by side; sentence structure, word placement
Apposition
Apposition is a
grammatical construction in which two elements, normally
noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the other in a different way. The two elements are said to be
in apposition. One of the elements is called the
appositive, although its identification requires consideration of how the elements are used in a sentence.
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"
(hypernym) modification, qualifying, limiting
2. (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
(hypernym) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(classification) biology, biological science
3. the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
(synonym) juxtaposition, collocation
(hypernym) placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
(hyponym) tessellation
(derivation) appose
Apposition (die)
nf.
apposition, act of positioning side by side; sentence structure, word placement
apposition
nf.
apposition; application
