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— English words —

• apposition n. (Grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent…
• apposition n. (Grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
• apposition n. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.
• apposition n. A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
• apposition n. (Biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
• apposition n. (Rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
• apposition n. A public disputation by scholars.
• apposition n. (UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul’s School, London.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Finnish
  • apposition n. Genitive singular of appositio.

— English word, defined in French —

• apposition n. Apposition.

— In German —

• Apposition S. Sprachwissenschaft: (weglassbare) Beistellung im (nominalen…
• Apposition S. Biologie: „Anlagerung von Substanzen (z. B. Dickenwachstum…

— In French —

• apposition n.f. Action d’apposer.
• apposition n.f. (Minéralogie, Physique) Jonction de certains corps à d’autres…
• apposition n.f. (Grammaire) Nom, ou groupe de mots, apposé à un nom ou…

71 English words from 9 English definitions

addition another apposed appositio being between Biology but cell cell␣wall ceremonial construction day disputation each each␣other element equivalent explanatory fitting front Genitive Grammar growth instead instead␣of layers London next next␣to not noun noun␣phrase noun␣phrases nouns now of␣a of␣an one opposed other Paul phrase phrases placed placing public purely quality relationship required Rhetoric scholars School side side␣by␣side singular speech speech␣day successive such syntactically the The␣quality things together two wall which which␣one with

8 English words from 6 foreign definitions

Action apposer Apposition corps groupe mots nom Physique

11 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

apposé autres Biologie certains Grammaire Jonction Minéralogie nominalen Sprachwissenschaft Substanzen von

5 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

appositions appositional appositioned appositionals appositionally

3 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

reappositions malappositions nonappositional

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

reapposition malapposition

27 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

app App APP app. appositio ion Ion -ion -ition OSI pos PoS POs POS posi posit position PPO PPOs sit Sit SIT SITI tio Tio tion -tion

24 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

iso ISO iso- itis -itis NOI noit OIt OIT opp Opp OPP opp. Opp. oppa PPA sop SOP S.O.P. tis TIs TIS 'tis t'is

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

appositions oppilations

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

appositio

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

adposition opposition

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

appositio

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