1. A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
   "'Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition" 
2. (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material 
3. The act of positioning close together (or side by side)
   - juxtaposition, collocation

Derived forms: appositions

See also: appose, appositional

Type of: development, emplacement, growing, growth, limiting, locating, location, maturation, modification, ontogenesis, ontogeny, placement, position, positioning, qualifying

Encyclopedia: Apposition

• Cortinariaceae
• Cortinarius
• Cortinarius armillatus
• Cortinarius atkinsonianus
• Cortinarius corrugatus
• Cortinarius gentilis
• Cortinarius mutabilis
• Cortinarius semisanguineus
• Cortinarius subfoetidus
• Cortinarius violaceus
• cortisol
• cortisone
• Cortland
• Cortone Acetate
• cortège
• corundom
• corundum
• coruscant
• coruscate
• coruscating
• coruscation
• corvette
• Corvidae
• corvine
• corvine bird