Definition of Apposite. Meaning of Apposite. Synonyms of Apposite

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Definition of Apposite

Apposite
Apposite Ap"po*site, a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.] Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. -- Ap"po*site*ly, adv. -- Ap"po*site*ness, n.

Meaning of Apposite from wikipedia

- elements are said to be in apposition, and one of the elements is called the appositive, but its identification requires consideration of how the elements are...
- noun adjunct, attributive noun, qualifying noun, noun (pre)modifier, or apposite noun is an optional noun that modifies another noun; functioning similarly...
- An appositive colon also separates the subtitle of a work from its prin****l title. (In effect, the example given above illustrates an appositive use...
- Adjective Adjective phrase Adjunct Adpositional phrase Adverb Antecedent Appositive Argument Article Aspect Attributive adjective and predicative adjective...
- News said that it was "an onomatopœic name invented by that genius for apposite nomenclature, the late Horace Short". The B-class blimps were patrol airships...
- flag of the Regione Siciliana in January 2000, after the p****ing of an apposite regional law which advocates its use on public buildings, schools and city...
- legend about Dido, the foundress of Carthage, as related by Trogus is apposite. Her refusal to wed the Mauritani chieftain Hiarbus might be indicative...
- writer's mother because it uses punctuation identical to that used for an appositive phrase, leaving it unclear whether this is a list of three entities (1...
- comma after "mother" is conventionally used to prepare the reader for an apposite phrase – that is, a renaming of or further information about a noun – this...
- people need to live together and get along on earth. Thus, Augustine held, apposite to the separation of church and state, that it was the work of the "temporal...