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Meaning of "apposite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APPOSITE

From Latin appositus placed near, from appōnere, from pōnere to put, place.
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PRONUNCIATION OF APPOSITE

apposite  [ˈæpəzɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APPOSITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Apposite is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES APPOSITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Apposition

Apposition is a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to define or modify the other. When this device is used, the two elements are said to be in apposition. For example, in the phrase "my friend Alice", the name "Alice" is in apposition to "my friend". Traditionally, appositions were called by their Latin name appositio, although the English form is now more commonly used. It is derived from Latin: ad and positio. Apposition is a figure of speech of the scheme type, and often results when the verbs in supporting clauses are eliminated to produce shorter descriptive phrases. This makes them often function as hyperbatons, or figures of disorder, because they can disrupt the flow of a sentence. For example, in the phrase: "My wife, a nurse by training,...", it is necessary to pause before the parenthetical modification "a nurse by training".

Definition of apposite in the English dictionary

The definition of apposite in the dictionary is well suited for the purpose; appropriate; apt.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APPOSITE


closet
ˈklɒzɪt
composite
ˈkɒmpəzɪt
decomposite
diːˈkɒmpəzɪt
deposit
dɪˈpɒzɪt
exit
ˈɛɡzɪt
exquisite
ɪkˈskwɪzɪt
howzit
ˈhaʊzɪt
inapposite
ɪnˈæpəzɪt
incomposite
ɪnˈkɒmpəzɪt
isit
ˈɪzɪt
opposite
ˈɒpəzɪt
perquisite
ˈpɜːkwɪzɪt
posit
ˈpɒzɪt
prerequisite
priːˈrɛkwɪzɪt
requisite
ˈrɛkwɪzɪt
revisit
riːˈvɪzɪt
roset
ˈrɒzɪt
safety-deposit
ˈseɪftɪdɪˌpɒzɪt
visit
ˈvɪzɪt
zit
zɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APPOSITE

appointment
appointment television
appointment viewing
appointments bureau
appointor
Appomattox
apport
apportion
apportionable
apportioner
apportionment
apposable
appose
apposer
appositely
appositeness
apposition
appositional
appositive
appositively

WORDS THAT END LIKE APPOSITE

amosite
anorthosite
construction site
epidosite
fansite
heritage site
homesite
internet site
jarosite
microsite
off-site
on-site
parasite
rhodochrosite
site
social networking site
spilosite
subsite
visite
website

Synonyms and antonyms of apposite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «APPOSITE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «apposite» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of apposite

Translation of «apposite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APPOSITE

Find out the translation of apposite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of apposite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «apposite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贴切
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apposite
570 millions of speakers

English

apposite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उचित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في محله
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уместно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pertinente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যথোপযুক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pertinent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Apposite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

treffend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

しっくり来る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

apposite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apposite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đúng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தகுதியான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

योग्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

münasip
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

appropriato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trafna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

доречно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pertinent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εύστοχη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gepas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

träffande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

treff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of apposite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APPOSITE»

The term «apposite» is regularly used and occupies the 58.631 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APPOSITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «apposite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «apposite» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about apposite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPOSITE»

Discover the use of apposite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apposite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Beauties and Maxims of Junius, and His Correspondents, ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Junius, 2010
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The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are ...
The Metropolitan Revolution is a national movement, and the book describes how it is taking root in New York City, where efforts are under way to diversify the city's vast economy; in Portland, Oregon, which is selling the "sustainability" ...
Bruce Katz, Jennifer Bradley, 2013
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The Marrow of the Church: The Doctrines of Christ's ...
The Doctrines of Christ's Righteousness Inputed, and Regeneration, Fairly Stated and Clearly Demonstrated from the Homilies, Articles and Liturgies, of the Church of England. Confirmed by Apposite Texts of Scripture, with Proper Reflections, ...
William Hammond, 1816
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Teachers and Scholars: A Memoir of Berkeley in Depression ...
My favorite recollection is of the time he denoted a couple of ideas as "apposite," which however he pronounced "opposite." There was just enough of both apposite- ness and oppositeness in the two concepts to baffle the students over which ...
Robert A. Nisbet, 1992
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History, Memory, and the Law
But in practice the Anglo-American legal system, for reasons of stability and predictability, places a high value on following precedent and thus treats most previous decisions whose rules appear arguably apposite as being so. Moreover , even ...
Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns, 2002
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Recensio Synoptica Annotationis Sacræ: Being a Critical ...
Here, however, as is shown by the context, something more is meant, namely, corrupting for the purpose of gain. So 4, 2. bo- Xovvres rbv Xoyov row Oeov. Of the numerous Classical citations adduced by Wets., the most apposite are jEschyl.
Samuel Thomas Bloomfield, 1828
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God and the Grounding of Morality
Sometimes verificationist arguments are out of place, but here they seem to me quite apposite; and if it is claimed they are not apposite, we, at the very least, need to be told exactly why they are not apposite. Presumably it is a fact that there is ...
Kai Nielsen, 1991
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Designerly Ways of Knowing
Once the proposal is made, it is seen to be an apposite response to the given, and explored, problem situation. In this chapter, creative design is therefore regarded as the apposite proposal of a concept which embodies novel features for a ...
Nigel Cross, 2007
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An abridgment of Ainsworth's dictionary: English and Latin : ...
Aptly* Apte, idonee, apposite, attem- perate, accommodate, expresse, congTuenter. Aauatic, Aqaatitis, * aquaü cus. An aqueduct [conduitj Aquse ductus. Aqntous, Aqueus. Arabian, Aratíicus, Arabais. An Arabian, * Araba, Щ т. Arabic* Arabicus ...
Robert Ainsworth, Thomas Morell, John Carey, 1837
10
Konglanjo
" Professor Siga Asanga, ABBIA, Cameroon Cultural Review This collection of poems evolves as a network and satellite of an expressive pursuit of justice with a difference.
Bongasu-Tanla-Kishani, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPOSITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term apposite is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Time for euro creditors to reward their allies over Greece
Among the countless metaphors-turned-clichés used during the long crisis, the most apposite has always been the theatrical one, namely ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
The other Taslima: Love of a rebel | Kolkata NYOOOZ
Finally, `Trepidation 6` transfixes the impending union with an apposite image: You are rain today on my thirty-crossed drought. Without a doubt ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
3
How Greece helped Germany write off half of its debt in 1953
Mike Danson, professor of enterprise policy at Heriot-Watt University, said that the German post-WWII example was apposite to the current ... «CommonSpace, Jul 15»
4
Interview with Manish Pandey: "Wasim is still the toughest bowler to …
His selection in the Indian ODI squad for Zimbabwe tour is an apposite opportunity for him to make a mark at an international level. Excerpts ... «Sportskeeda, Jul 15»
5
Apposite sells Cancer Partners UK
Healthcare-focused private equity firm Apposite Capital has sold Cancer Partners UK to GenesisCare, an Australian provider of radiotherapy services. Apposite ... «www.unquote.com, Jul 15»
6
Northern development plan shows Australia's fraught vision of our …
is always an apposite question in the history of Australian nationalism. As an historian of medicine, I found the White Paper's emphasis on ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
7
Lawyers, Cabbies, and Uber
But is this apposite to lawyers? For lawyers, the disruption is, perhaps oxymoronically, more gradual. The traditional law firm model, though ... «Bloomberg Big Law Business, Jul 15»
8
Australian radiotherapy giant snaps up Cancer Partners UK
GenesisCare, the largest radiotherapy provider in Australia, has bought Cancer Partners UK from Apposite Capital for an undisclosed sum. «HealthInvestor, Jul 15»
9
Gripping New TV Spot For Southpaw Has Jake Gyllenhaal On The …
... Fuqua's edgy boxing drama, it's rather apposite that the rapper's new single, “Phenomenal,” underpins the latest TV spot for Southpaw. «We Got This Covered, Jul 15»
10
Bayliss set to name first squad
Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow picked an apposite time to hit form, and his career-best 219 not out against Durham will not have gone unnoticed, ... «Eurosport.com AU, Jun 15»

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