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apposition
Overview of noun apposition
The noun apposition has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. apposition -- (a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition")
2. apposition -- ((biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material)
3. juxtaposition, apposition, collocation -- (the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apposition
3 senses of apposition
Sense 1
apposition
=> modification, qualifying, limiting
=> grammatical relation
=> linguistic relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
apposition
=> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
juxtaposition, apposition, collocation
=> placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun apposition
1 of 3 senses of apposition
Sense 3
juxtaposition, apposition, collocation
=> tessellation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apposition
3 senses of apposition
Sense 1
apposition
=> modification, qualifying, limiting
Sense 2
apposition
=> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
Sense 3
juxtaposition, apposition, collocation
=> placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
Antonyms of noun apposition
Member Holonyms of noun apposition
Substance Holonyms of noun apposition
Part Holonyms of noun apposition
Member Meronyms of noun apposition
Substance Meronyms of noun apposition
Part Meronyms of noun apposition
Meronyms of noun apposition
Holonyms of noun apposition
Attributes of noun apposition
Derived Forms of noun apposition
2 of 3 senses of apposition
Sense 1
apposition
RELATED TO>(adj) appositional#1
=> appositional, appositive
Sense 3
juxtaposition, apposition, collocation
RELATED TO>(verb) appose#1
=> appose
Domain of noun apposition
1 of 3 senses of apposition
Sense 2
apposition
TOPIC>(noun) biology#1, biological science#1
Domain Terms of noun apposition
Familiarity of noun apposition
apposition used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun apposition
3 senses of apposition
Sense 1
apposition
> modification, qualifying, limiting
=> restrictiveness
=> apposition
Sense 2
apposition
> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> culture
=> amelogenesis
=> angiogenesis
=> apposition
=> auxesis
=> blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence
=> cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis
=> cohesion
=> cytogenesis, cytogeny
=> foliation, leafing
=> fructification
=> gametogenesis
=> germination, sprouting
=> infructescence
=> intussusception
=> juvenescence
=> life cycle
=> masculinization, masculinisation, virilization, virilisation
=> morphogenesis
=> myelinization, myelinisation
=> neurogenesis
=> palingenesis, recapitulation
=> proliferation
=> psychogenesis
=> psychogenesis
=> psychomotor development
=> psychosexual development
=> rooting
=> suppression
=> teething, dentition, odontiasis
=> teratogenesis
=> vegetation
Sense 3
juxtaposition, apposition, collocation
> placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
=> stratification
=> juxtaposition, apposition, collocation
=> interposition
=> orientation
=> planting
=> implantation
=> repositioning
=> set
=> superposition
=> fingering
=> superposition
Meronyms of noun apposition
3 senses of apposition
Sense 2
apposition
=> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
HAS PART: gastrulation
Holonyms of noun apposition
Grep of noun apposition
apposition
Grep of adj apposition
appositional
Grep of adv apposition
in apposition
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