Definition of appositional in English:
appositional
adjective ˌapəˈzɪʃ(ə)n(ə)lˌapəˈziSHənl
Grammar Relating to apposition.
Example sentencesExamples
- Opting for an unusually loose, appositional syntax which strings together phrases or clauses that come at a phenomenon from different angles, he manages to give a sensuous concreteness to abstract concepts.
- By virtue of the appositional relation, ‘the crime’ is elaborated as ‘shoplifting’, while ‘shoplifting’ is categorized as ‘a crime’.
- As the first 18 minutes found one floating in appositional locutions, ‘Release’ is ‘performative; ‘a world weaved from words.’
- The complex appositional NP in the pledge does commit the pledger to a number of claims: that the USA is a single nation, located under God in some sense, indivisible, having liberty for all, and having justice for all.
- By postnatal day 5, the developing teeth have reached appositional stage where both enamel and dentine are deposited in the crown.
nounˌapəˈzɪʃ(ə)n(ə)lˌapəˈziSHənl
Grammar A term standing in apposition.
Example sentencesExamples
- The parenthetic principle functions as appositional, alongside, but also foundational, rendering a more emphatic assertion unnecessary.