apposition, n.
(appositions)
(appositions)
the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
apposition collocation juxtaposition
sample sentences
"it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
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derivationally related form
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hyponym
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
<noun.process>
apposition
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domain of synset (topic)
hypernym
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
<noun.relation>
apposition
sample sentences
"`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"
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