Appositive to the words going immediately before. --Knatchbull. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
appositive — (adj.) 1690s, from L. appositus, pp. of apponere to put to (see APPOSITE (Cf. apposite)) + IVE (Cf. ive). As a noun, from 1847 … Etymology dictionary
appositive — [ə päz′ə tiv] adj. of or in apposition n. a word, phrase, or clause in apposition appositively adv … English World dictionary
appositive — adjective Date: 1693 of, relating to, or standing in grammatical apposition • appositive noun • appositively adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
appositive — apposition ► NOUN 1) chiefly technical the positioning of things next to each other. 2) Grammar a relationship in which a word or phrase is placed next to another in order to qualify or explain it (e.g. my friend Sue). DERIVATIVES appositive… … English terms dictionary
appositive — adjective relating to or being in apposition an appositive noun • Syn: ↑appositional • Pertains to noun: ↑apposition, ↑apposition (for: ↑appositional) … Useful english dictionary
appositive — appositively, adj. /euh poz i tiv/, Gram. n. 1. a word or phrase in apposition. adj. 2. placed in apposition. 3. (of an adjective or adjectival phrase) directly following the noun it modifies. [1685 95; APPOSIT(ION) + IVE] * * * … Universalium
appositive — 1. noun a word or phrase that is in apposition. 2. adjective of or being in apposition … Wiktionary
appositive — adj. pertaining to apposition (sentence structure, word placement); parallel n. phrase that modifies and supplements the word or phrase directly before it (Grammar) … English contemporary dictionary
appositive — ap·pos·i·tive … English syllables
appositive — ap•pos•i•tive [[t]əˈpɒz ɪ tɪv[/t]] n. 1) gram. a word or phrase in apposition 2) gram. of, pertaining to, or placed in apposition • Etymology: 1685–95 ap•pos′i•tive•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
