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appositive

/əˈpɒzɪtɪv/US/əˈpɑzɪtɪv/

appositive adjective: of or being in apposition.

Adjective

appositive (not comparable)

  1. of or being in apposition

Noun

appositive (plural appositives)

  1. a word or phrase that is in apposition

appositive meaning in Tamil

appositive in Tamil

அடுத்தடுத்து வைக்கப்பட்ட, நேரியைபான

Forms of appositive

pluralappositives

Words formed from appositive

Phrases with appositive

Questions about appositive

What does appositive mean?
Appositive means of or being in apposition.
What is appositive in Tamil?
Appositive in Tamil is அடுத்தடுத்து வைக்கப்பட்ட, நேரியைபான. See Appositive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is appositive?
Appositive can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce appositive?
Appositive is pronounced /əˈpɑzɪtɪv/ (US).

Words near appositive in the dictionary

  1. appositional
  2. appositionally
  3. appositionals
  4. appositioned
  5. appositions
  6. appositive
  7. appositive clause
  8. appositive clauses
  9. appositively
  10. appositives
  11. appothecarie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: appositive (page history and authors); appositive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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