apposition

English - Turkish

Definition of apposition in English Turkish dictionary: koşuntu; yaklaştırma; appozisyon; biraraya koyma,yaklaştırma; {i} ilâve etme; {i} yan yana koyma; aynı nesneyi niteleme; {i} ekleme; (Diş Hekimliği) 1. İki karşılıklı yüzeyin birbirine değmesi, uyumu. 2. Üstüste gelmesi; (Tıp) İki kenarın veya sathın yanyana getirilmesi veya birbirine yaklaştırılması; {i} bir araya koyma; aynı şeyi açıklayan iki kelimenin yan yana konması; {i} appozisyon [dilb.]
apposition to: appozisyon için

English - English

Definition of apposition in English English dictionary: a construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic function in the sentence
For example, in the phrase my friend Alice the name Alice is in apposition to my friend.; A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things; The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other; In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall; The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases; the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact; {n} a putting to or near, an addition; (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material; The act of adding; application; accretion; (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition; the juxtaposition of two nouns, the second of which clarifies the first "The man, a leather-clad hoodlum, bolted from the scene when the police showed up "; Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first; The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator; a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"; a grammatical construction in which two typically adjacent nouns referring to the same person or thing stand in the same syntactical relation to the rest of a sentence For example, in "the rally of the opposition Labor Party", "Labor Party" is in apposition with "opposition"; link; The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed; A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows It frequently expresses equality or a set membership relationship For example, "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer [had a very shiny nose]" - here Rudolph = the unique red-nosed reindeer Another example, "Freewheelin' Franklin, an underground comic-strip character, [was into drugs and rock music]", expresses a set membership relation: Freewheeling_Franklin in "underground comic-strip characters"; If two noun groups referring to the same person or thing are in apposition, one is placed immediately after the other, with no conjunction joining them, as in `Her father, Nigel, left home three months ago.'. in grammar, an occasion when a simple sentence contains two or more noun phrases that describe the same thing or person, appearing one after the other without a word such as 'and' or 'or' between them. For example, in the sentence 'The defendant, a woman of thirty, denies kicking the policeman' the two phrases 'the defendant' and 'a woman of thirty' are in apposition; (apposisjon): expansion of a noun phrase, whereby a second noun phrase is added which has the same reference as the first, but a different form E g Tony Blair, the British prime minister; my youngest sister, Carrie; the most beautiful cottage, the place I always dreamt of owning Sometimes a nominal clause can be in apposition to a noun phrase, if it defines or specifies the reference of the noun phrase E g the fact that they can’t afford it; their belief that nature is sacred; {i} act of positioning side by side; sentence structure, word placement; the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
Appositional: relating to or being in apposition; "an appositive noun"
appositional: relating to or being in apposition; "an appositive noun
appositional: Relating to apposition
appositional: Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically
in apposition: appositively: in an appositive manner; "this adjective is used appositively"