2 April 2015
apposition
[ap-uh-zish-uh n]
noun
1. the act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition.
2. the addition or application of one thing to another thing.
3. Grammar. a syntactic relation between expressions, usually consecutive, that have the same function and the same relation to other elements in the sentence, the second expression identifying or supplementing the first. In Washington, our first president, the phrase our first president is in apposition with Washington.
4. Biology. growth of a cell wall by the deposition of new particles in layers on the wall.
Compare intussusception (def 2).
Origin
late Middle English Latin Late Latin
1400-1450; late Middle English apposicioun < Late Latin appositiōn- (stem of appositiō) < Latin apposit (us) (see apposite ) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
– appositive, noun – a word or phrase in apposition.(e.g. If I write, “The car, a Lamborghini, sped away,” “a Lamborghini” is an appositive. It names “the car,” the noun that came right before it. – See more by Grammar Girl at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/where-do-i-use-commas?page=1#sthash.vik9agAW.dpuf)
– appositional, adjective
– appositionally, adverb
Can be confused
apposition, opposition.
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Anagram
pita poison
piano posit
Today’s aphorism
Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
– Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
On this day
2 April 1926 – birth of Sir John Arthur ‘Jack’ Brabham AO OBE, Australian racing legend, 3 times Formula One world champion (1959, 1960, 1966).
2 April 1972 – Charlie Chaplin returns to the U.S. after 20 years of self-imposed exiled for ‘un-American’ activities. He had been accused during the McCarthy era of being a communist sympathiser.
2 April 1982 – Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, a British-controlled territory. The conflict escalates with Britain sending troops to expel Argentina. The conflict ends on 14 June 1982 when Britain regains control of the Islands.
2 April 2007 – Argentina restates its claim that the Falkland Islands belong to Argentina. Britain continues to oppose the claim.