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interposition

interposition noun: the act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

Noun

interposition (countable and uncountable, plural interpositions)

  1. The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
    • […] a Scuffle immediately ensued, which might have produced Mischief, had it not been prevented by the Interposition of Thwackum and the Physician […]1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 9, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V, page 252
    • “True, true,” cried Mr. Knightley, with most ready interposition—“very true […]”1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 12, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC
  2. The thing interposed.

interposition meaning in Tamil and Urdu

interposition in Tamil

குறுக்கிடுதல், மேலிடுதல், இடைப்புகுத்தல்

interposition in Urdu

وسیلہ

Forms of interposition

pluralinterpositions

Origin of interposition

From Middle English interposicion, from Old French interposicion, from Latin interpositio.

Words formed from interposition

Questions about interposition

What does interposition mean?
Interposition means the act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
What is interposition in Tamil?
Interposition in Tamil is குறுக்கிடுதல், மேலிடுதல், இடைப்புகுத்தல். See Interposition meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is interposition?
Interposition is a noun.
What is the plural of interposition?
The plural of interposition is interpositions.

Words near interposition in the dictionary

  1. interposest
  2. interposeth
  3. interposing
  4. interposingly
  5. interposit
  6. interposition
  7. interpositional
  8. interpositioned
  9. interpositions
  10. interpositive
  11. interpositives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: interposition (page history and authors); interposition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interposition (Urdu 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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