apposition Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Ap`po*si"tion noun
Etymology
L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite.
Definitions
  1. The act of adding; application; accretion.
    It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot.
  2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
  3. (Gram.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.

Webster 1913