apposition
noun/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn/
/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn/
[uncountable] (grammar)- the use of a noun phrase immediately after or before another noun phrase that refers to the same person or thing
- in apposition to something In the phrase ‘Paris, the capital of France’, ‘the capital of France’ is in apposition to ‘Paris’.
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin appositio(n-), from apponere ‘to apply’, from ad- ‘towards’ + ponere ‘put’.
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