Definizione monolingua

apposition

apposition (plural appositions)

1. (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, either having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
2. The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
3. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.
4. A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
5. In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
6. (rhetoric) Appositio

Definizione dizionario apposition

	apposizione
	A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows.

Altri significati:

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, either having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.

grammatical construction

In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall.

(rhetoric) Appositio

The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.

The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.