1600-1700Latin past participle of apponere ‘to put near’, from ad- ‘to’ + ponere ‘to put’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Ms. Emerson made a few brief but apposite remarks about the incident.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Adequate on-line and off-line information is essential for apposite decision-making.
Areas where safeguards developed against the backdrop of a different type of decision-making may be more efficacious and apposite.
Refreshed, I said hi to a few filmstars, briefly joining them at their tables with a selection of apposite one-liners.
There is one apposite text which may be worth a closer look.
This book, then, makes an apposite sequel to her last novel, Le Divorce.
suitable to what is happening or being discussedSYN appropriateOPP inappropriateapposite to His observations are, indeed, apposite to the present discussion.—appositely adverb—appositeness noun [uncountable]