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Summary

English to German: more detail...

apposite:
- kennzeichnend; geeignet; schicklich; passend; angemessen
Wiktionary:
- apposition → Apposition

German to English: more detail...

apposition:
- Wiktionary:
  Apposition → apposition
- Synonyms for "Apposition":
  Beifügung; Beisatz

English

Detailed Translations for apposition from English to German

apposition:

Translation Matrix for apposition:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	collocation; juxtaposition

Synonyms for "apposition":

modification; qualifying; limiting
growth; growing; maturation; development; ontogeny; ontogenesis
juxtaposition; collocation; placement; location; locating; position; positioning; emplacement

Related Definitions for "apposition":

the act of positioning close together (or side by side)¹
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material¹
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows¹
- `Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition¹

Wiktionary Translations for apposition:

apposition

noun

grammatical construction
- apposition → Apposition

apposite:

apposite adj

apposite (apt)
kennzeichnend; geeignet
- kennzeichnend adj
- geeignet adj
apposite (appropriate; suitable; applicable; relevant; apt; fitting; right)
geeignet; schicklich; passend; angemessen
- geeignet adj
- schicklich adj
- passend adj
- angemessen adj

Translation Matrix for apposite:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
passend		make fit precisely
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	apt; pertinent
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
angemessen	applicable; apposite; appropriate; apt; fitting; relevant; right; suitable	becoming; befitting; civil; clean; considerably; decent; effective; efficient; fair; fairly; fit; fitting; honest; neat; pretty; proper; quite; rather; reasonably; reputable; respectable; suitable; virtuous; worthy
geeignet	applicable; apposite; appropriate; apt; fitting; relevant; right; suitable	applicable; appropriate; apt; effective; efficient; fit; fitting; handy; proper; relevant; suitable; useful
kennzeichnend	apposite; apt	characteristic; characterizing; defining; describing; distinctive; specifying; typical
passend	applicable; apposite; appropriate; apt; fitting; relevant; right; suitable	adequate; applicable; appropriate; apt; becoming; befitting; convenient; correct; effective; efficient; exact; fair; fit; fitting; measured; opportune; passable; proper; reasonable; relevant; right; suitable; tolerable
schicklich	applicable; apposite; appropriate; apt; fitting; relevant; right; suitable	becoming; befitting; clean; decent; fair; fitting; honest; proper; reputable; respectable; seemly; virtuous; worthy

Related Words for "apposite":

appositeness, appositive, appositely, apposition

Synonyms for "apposite":

appropriate; apt; pertinent; apropos

Related Definitions for "apposite":

being of striking appropriateness and pertinence¹
- the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images¹

German

Detailed Translations for apposition from German to English

Apposition:

Synonyms for "Apposition":

Beifügung; Beisatz

Wiktionary Translations for Apposition:

Apposition

noun

grammatical construction
- apposition → Apposition

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University