Definition of apposition
- n. - The act of adding; application; accretion.
- n. - The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by
side; also, the condition of being so placed.
- n. - The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same
case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the
orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.
- n. - The act of adding; application; accretion.
- n. - The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by
side; also, the condition of being so placed.
- n. - The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same
case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the
orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.