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Apposition
01
the action of placing two or more things close together or side by side
Exemples
The sculpture 's beauty comes from the apposition of contrasting shapes.
Apposition of colors can enhance the overall harmony of the composition.
02
(in biology) the process by which a cell wall thickens through the sequential deposition of layers of material
Exemples
Secondary cell wall formation occurs by apposition in plant xylem.
The biologist observed apposition of cellulose layers under the microscope.
03
apposition
(grammar) the use of two adjacent noun phrases having the same referent that have the same syntactical role in a sentence
Exemples
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.
En linguistique, l'apposition fait référence à une construction grammaticale où deux éléments, généralement des syntagmes nominaux, sont placés côte à côte, un élément servant à définir ou modifier l'autre.
The phrase " Alice, the team leader, addressed the meeting " uses apposition to provide more information about Alice.
La phrase "Alice, la chef d'équipe, a pris la parole lors de la réunion" utilise l'apposition pour fournir plus d'informations sur Alice.
Arbre Lexical
appositional
apposition
appose
