Sekirov Dictionary

apposite

/ˈæp.ə.zɪt/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

•
Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
- Medical Topography would be the most apposite title, since it comprehends the principal objects of investigation; …. — 1833
•
Related, homologous.
- If the shift in theatrical setting and the shift in dramaturgy are at all related, they are apposite developments, independent yet homologous signs of a changing political and cultural climate. — 2000
•
Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
- In other words, they are used to name, rather than to describe. They are apposite nouns and not adjectives. — 1971

noun1

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(rare) That which is apposite; something suitable.
- Hugh gave the boy apples or other small apposites[…], but the child was too interested in the bishop to notice the gifts. — 1901

forms

apposites · more apposite · most apposite

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