noun🔗Share同格(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."The phrase "my sister," in the sentence "My sister, Sarah, is a doctor," is an example of apposition. "「私の妹、サラは医者です」という文の「私の妹」という句は、同格の例です。grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share同格The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases."The phrase "my sister, Sarah" is an example of apposition, where "Sarah" renames "my sister." "「私の妹、サラ」というフレーズは、サラが「私の妹」を言い換える同格の例です。grammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share同格, 並置The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other."The apposition of the two houses, built right next to each other, created a narrow alleyway. "隣り合わせに建てられた2つの家の並置は、狭い路地を作り出した。positionqualityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share同格, 並置A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things."The apposition of the new library and the community center highlighted the town's commitment to growth. "新しい図書館とコミュニティセンターの並置は、町の成長への取り組みを浮き彫りにしました。positionstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share付加In biology, the growth of successive layers of a cell wall."In trees, the increasing width of the trunk occurs through apposition, with new layers of wood cells added to the outside. "樹木では、幹の幅の増加は付加によって起こり、新しい木部細胞の層が外側に加えられます。biologyplantorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share同格Appositio"My brother, a doctor, is very busy. "私の兄、医者である彼はとても忙しいです。grammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share公開討論、学者による論争A public disputation by scholars."The graduate students nervously prepared for the upcoming apposition, a public disputation of their research. "大学院生たちは、自分たちの研究に関する公開討論である、今度の論争に向けて緊張して準備した。educationculturephilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareロンドンのセントポールズスクールでの（現在は純粋に儀式的な）スピーチデーA (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London."Every year, St. Paul's School holds its traditional apposition, a now purely ceremonial speech day. "毎年、セントポールズスクールは、現在は純粋に儀式的なスピーチデーである伝統的なappositionを開催します。culturetraditioneducationhistoryeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
