apposition
NOUN
/,æpə'zɪʃən/
10 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
apposition is a valid 10-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1P3P3O1S1I1T1I1O1N1
1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING
What does apposition mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
The act of positioning close together (or side by side).
SYNONYMS
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NARROWER
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2
A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows.
“`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition”
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3
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material.
BROADER