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apposite adjective

  /əˈpɑ.zɪt/ , /əˈpɒz.ɪt/ , /ˈæp.ə.zɪt/
  • Related, homologous.
 rinnakkainen
  • Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
 rinnakkainen, vierekkäinen
  • Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
 sopiva

apposition noun

  /ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/
  • (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
 appositio, kerrostuminen
  • (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
 appositio, rinnasteisuus, rinnastus
  • The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
 rinnakkaisuus
  • A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
 rinnakkaisuus, rinnastaminen

appositive noun

  /-ɾɪv/ , /əˈpɑzɪtɪv/ , /əˈpɒzɪtɪv/
  • (grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition
 appositioattribuutti

appositive adjective

  /-ɾɪv/ , /əˈpɑzɪtɪv/ , /əˈpɒzɪtɪv/
  • of or being in apposition
 appositiivinen
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