the relationship between two noun groups that are used next to each other and refer to the same person or thing. For example, in ‘David has a wife, a university teacher, and two adult sons’, ‘a wife’ and ‘a university teacher’ are in apposition.
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affix
affixation
anaphora
apposition
noun uncountable linguistics
US /ˌæpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/
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the relationship between two noun groups that are used next to each other and refer to the same person or thing. For example, in ‘David has a wife, a university teacher, and two adult sons’, ‘a wife’ and ‘a university teacher’ are in apposition.
Synonyms and related words
Linguistic terms relating to word formation and phrase building