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Word: Apposition
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from late Latin appositio(n-), from apponere ‘to apply’ (see apposite)
ˌapəˈzɪʃn
the positioning of things side by side or close together.
Short Definition:positioning of things side by side
a relationship between two or more words or phrases in which the two units are grammatically parallel and have the same referent (e.g. my friend Sue; the first US president, George Washington).
Short Definition:relationship between two or more words or phrases in which two units are grammatically parallel
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