Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being in apposition.
- noun A word or phrase that is in apposition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Apposite; applicable.
- In grammar, placed in apposition; standing over against its subject in the construction of the sentence.
- noun In grammar, a word in apposition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun grammar : a
word orphrase that is inapposition . - adjective of or being in
apposition .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or being in apposition
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Examples
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Lights "of many colors" shone on the pool. adverb phrase appositive phrase adjective phrase misplaced modifier
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The chilly campers huddled together "by the fire". adjective phrase appositive phrase adverb phrase misplaced modifier
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Pronouns, like nouns, are often modified by an "appositive" adjective, that is, an adjective joined loosely without restricting: thus -- _Faint_ and
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
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_dead_ should be treated simply as an "appositive" adjective modifying
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
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But now, this season, after Sunday night's gutsy 20-17 overtime takedown of the 49ers in the NFC Championship game and with this march for a second Super Bowl in five seasons, the masses may finally see Manning as Eli alone, without an appositive shadowing his name.
The Patriots Don't Have Eli Aditi Kinkhabwala 2012
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I continued, “And matching commas around the appositive, after ‘details,’ which you hardly ever see.”
Edge Jeffery Deaver 2010
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In (3b), though, they could potentially be my friends, listed as an appositive phrase, and the sentence is thus somewhat ambiguous.
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In (3b), though, they could potentially be my friends, listed as an appositive phrase, and the sentence is thus somewhat ambiguous.
The serial, Harvard, or Oxford comma « Motivated Grammar 2008
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You see, it's much easier for us to write an article about something if we can sum it up with an appositive phrase: "The tea party, which is a conservative movement"
Tea Parties: Are They Just A Whole Bunch Of Book Clubs? Politerati 2010
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You see, it's much easier for us to write an article about something if we can sum it up with an appositive phrase: "The tea party, which is a conservative movement"
Tea Parties: Are They Just A Whole Bunch Of Book Clubs? 2010
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