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apposition

noun /æpəzɪʃən/ 4 syllables 10 letters Scrabble 14 WWF 17
Definitions
noun

the act of positioning close together (or side by side)

noun

a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows

“`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition”

noun

growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material

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