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Apposition
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apozice, přiložení
the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
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apozice, přilehlost
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
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appozice, appozice (gramatika)
(grammar) the use of two adjacent noun phrases having the same referent that have the same syntactical role in a sentence
What is "apposition"?
Apposition is a grammatical construction where two noun phrases are placed next to each other, with one noun phrase providing additional information about the other. The two phrases usually refer to the same person or thing, and the second phrase clarifies or specifies the first. For example, in the sentence "My brother, a skilled musician, plays the guitar," the phrase "a skilled musician" is in apposition to "my brother," offering more detail about him. Apposition can help provide context or elaboration without needing to create separate sentences, enhancing clarity and depth in communication.
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In linguistics, apposition refers to a grammatical construction where two elements, usually noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to define or modify the other.
V lingvistice se appozice (gramatika) používá k označení gramatické konstrukce, kde jsou vedle sebe umístěny dva prvky, obvykle jmenné fráze, přičemž jeden prvek slouží k definování nebo modifikaci druhého.
The phrase " Alice, the team leader, addressed the meeting " uses apposition to provide more information about Alice.
Věta "Alice, vedoucí týmu, se vyjádřila na schůzce" používá appozici k poskytnutí více informací o Alici.
word family
appose
Verb
apposition
Noun
appositional
Adjective
appositional
Adjective
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