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apposite
[ ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it ]
adjective
- suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt:
an apposite answer.
apposite
/ ˈæpəzɪt /
adjective
- well suited for the purpose; appropriate; apt
Derived Forms
- ˈappositely, adverb
- ˈappositeness, noun
Other Words From
- appo·site·ly adjective
- appo·site·ness noun
- un·appo·site adjective
- un·appo·site·ly adverb
- un·appo·site·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of apposite1
Example Sentences
Depression had not previously been the subject of comedy, but it seemed appropriately apposite to a year of national self-celebration.
The play ends with Alvita and her husbands singing along to Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman,” which is both apposite and wrong.
Many of the people at these crowds — the “beautiful ‘boaters,’” as Trump so appositely calls them — are quite prosperous, yet they live in the least-prosperous areas, the exurbs and the small towns of flyover states.
Overnight, we heard the British national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” updated to reflect the kingdom’s new reality, its apposite monarch tweaked in the title, its pronouns abruptly swung back to the masculine.
“Avoiding recommendations because there’s no perfectly apposite data is a cop-out,” he added.
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