appositive








noun

  1. a word or phrase in apposition.

adjective

  1. placed in apposition.
  2. (of an adjective or adjectival phrase) directly following the noun it modifies.

adjective

  1. grammar
    1. standing in apposition
    2. another word for nonrestrictive
  2. of or relating to apposition

noun

  1. an appositive word or phrase
adj.

1690s, from Latin appositus, past participle of apponere “to put to” (see apposite) + -ive. As a noun, from 1847.

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