apposition

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/

Noun

countable uncountable rhetoric UK

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

Japanese Meaning

同位語：文中で、2つの名詞または名詞句が同じ文法的役割を持ち、一方が他方を説明・同定する構造（例：『私の兄、医者の佐藤』における『医者の佐藤』部分）。

What is this buttons?

The phrase 'my friend John' is an apposition that clarifies who I'm referring to.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

「my friend John」という語句は、私が指している人物を明確にする同格の表現です。

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Sense（1）

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

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Sense（2）

(grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.

Sense（3）

The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.

Sense（4）

A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.

Sense（5）

(biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.

Sense（6）

(rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.

Sense（7）

A public disputation by scholars.

Sense（8）

(UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.

appositions

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