apposition meaning and definition

APPOSITION noun

Definition of apposition (noun)

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