Crossword clues for appositive
appositive
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Appositive
Appositive \Ap*pos"i*tive\, a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- n. A noun in apposition. -- Ap*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.
Appositive to the words going immediately before.
--Knatchbull.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
appositive
1690s, from Latin appositus, past participle of apponere "to put to" (see apposite) + -ive. As a noun, from 1847.
Wiktionary
appositive
a. of or being in apposition. n. (context grammar English): a word or phrase that is in apposition.
WordNet
appositive
adj. relating to or being in apposition; "an appositive noun" [syn: appositional]
Usage examples of "appositive".
The same principle of comma use applies to participial phrases and to appositives.