Definitions For Apposition

noun

  • The act of positioning close together (or side by side)
  • (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
  • A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
  • An arrangement of words in which a noun or noun phrase is followed by another noun or noun phrase that refers to the same thing

Is Apposition a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
17

The word Apposition is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Apposition in a Sentence

  • In “my friend the doctor,” the word “doctor” is in apposition to “my friend.”

Synonyms for Apposition

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