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apposite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective apposite has 1 sense
- apposite(s = adj.all) apt, pertinent - being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" Derived form noun appositeness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
apposite, a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.].
Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
apposite, adj. (often foll. by to)
1 apt; well chosen.
2 well expressed.
1 apt; well chosen.
2 well expressed.
Derivative
appositely adv. appositeness n.
Etymology
L appositus past part. of apponere (as AD-, ponere put)
THESAURUS
apposite
a propos, ad rem, adapted, admissible, appertaining, applicable, applying, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, belonging, dovetailing, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, geared, germane, happy, in point, involving, just right, likely, material, meshing, on the button, opportune, pat, pertaining, pertinent, qualified, relevant, right, seasonable, sortable, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, timely, to the point, to the purposeROGET THESAURUS
apposite
Agreement
N agreement, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, concordance, concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity, conformance, uniformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, keeping, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union, fitness, aptness, relevancy, pertinence, pertinencey, sortance, case in point, aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility, cognation, adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement, assimilation, consent, concurrence, cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing, agreeing, suiting, in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial, coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable, conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent, compatible, proportionate, commensurate, on all fours, apt, apposite, pertinent, pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible, fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element, a propos of, pertinently, rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia.
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