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apposition
10 letters · 7 distinct letters
- noun
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
‘Rudolph the red nosed reindeer’ is an example of apposition
- noun
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
- noun
the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors