[{"word":"apposition","phonetic":"/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Appositio","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A public disputation by scholars.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["parathesis"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apposition"]}]