apposition en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/
Etymology
From Middle English apposicioun, from Middle French apposition, from Latin appositiō, past participle of appōnere (“to put near”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
The apposition in the title has been read as indicating that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is equivalent to ‘colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases’.
2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 65:
- (countable, uncountable) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- (countable, uncountable) The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
- (countable, uncountable) A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
- (countable, uncountable) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
- (countable, uncountable) A public disputation by scholars.
- (UK, countable, uncountable) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| appositions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
malapposition · appositional · reapposition
Synonyms
Translations (46)
de Apposition (grammatical construction) · nl appositie (grammatical construction) · pt aposto (grammatical construction) · ca aposició (grammatical construction) · io adpozo (grammatical construction) · el παράθεση (grammatical construction) · pl apozycja (grammatical construction) · de Apposition (biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall) · fi rinnastaminen (placing of two things side by side) · da navnesamstilling (grammatical construction) · pt aposição (biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall) · da navnetillæg (grammatical construction) · it apposizione (grammatical construction) · sq ndajshtim (grammatical construction) · ca aposició (biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall) · fi appositio (biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall) · fi rinnastus (grammatical construction) · pt aposição (placing of two things side by side) · es aposición (grammatical construction) · uk прикладка (grammatical construction) · ca aposició (placing of two things side by side) · fi rinnakkaisuus (quality of being side by side) · ja 同格 (grammatical construction) · fi kerrostuminen (biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall) · mn ᠬᠠᠮᠵᠢᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠦᠭᠡ (grammatical construction) · cs přístavek (grammatical construction) · pt aposição (grammatical construction) · pl apozycja (biology: growth of successive layers of cell wall) · ro apoziție (grammatical construction) · nl bijstelling (grammatical construction) · pt aposição (quality of being side by side) · sv apposition (relationship in such construction) · uk апозиція (grammatical construction) · ru приложе́ние (grammatical construction) · ga comhaisnéis (grammatical construction) · fr apposition (grammatical construction) · de Beisatz (grammatical construction) · cmn 同位語 /同位语 (grammatical construction) · sv apposition (grammatical construction) · gv co-aishnys (grammatical construction) · de Beifügung (grammatical construction) · fi appositio (grammatical construction) · fi rinnasteisuus (relationship in such construction) · bg приложение (grammatical construction) · ar بدل (grammatical construction) · mn хамжсан үг (grammatical construction)