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In some senses, apposite is marked as rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
apposite
/ˈæp.ə.zɪt/
adj 3noun 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
agreeable, all, most
VERB + APPOSITE
joke
APPOSITE + NOUN
nature, savory
PREP.
than
ADV.
always
Definitions
adj
1
Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
c. 1833–1856, Andrew Carrick, John Addington Symonds (editors), Medical Topography of Bristol, in Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association/Volume 2/3, Medical Topography would be the most apposite title, since it comprehends the principal objects of investigation; ….
Flora, however, received the remark as if it had been of a most apposite and agreeable nature; approvingly observing aloud that Mr. F's Aunt had a great deal of spirit.
2
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.
3
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.
noun
1
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.
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c. 1833–1856, Andrew Carrick, John Addington Symonds (editors), Medical Topography of Bristol, in Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association/Volume 2/3, Medical Topography would b
Wiktionary02
Flora, however, received the remark as if it had been of a most apposite and agreeable nature; approvingly observing aloud that Mr. F's Aunt had a great deal of spirit.
Wiktionary03
Rough-neck is a capital word; it is more apposite and savory than the English navvy, and it is over-whelmingly more American.
Wiktionary04
Hugh gave the boy apples or other small apposites[…], but the child was too interested in the bishop to notice the gifts.
Wiktionary05
It is, however, apposite to note that this process will continue in the year ahead.
Tatoeba · #265440806
In their minds, a joke is always apposite.
Tatoeba · #9969663Usage Notes
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