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apposition
noun
The act of positioning close together (or side by side)
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ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩
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noun
The act of positioning close together (or side by side)
“It is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors”
noun
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
noun
A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
“‘Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’ is an example of apposition”
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It is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors
‘Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’ is an example of apposition
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