eng: apposition

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/apposition

Meaning
means	(noun) a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition" apposition
means	(noun) (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material apposition
means	(noun) the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" juxtaposition, apposition, collocation