apposite

[ ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it ]
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adjective
  1. suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: an apposite answer.

Origin of apposite

1
1615–25; <Latin appositus added to, put near (past participle of appōnere), equivalent to ap-ap-1 + positus placed (posi- place + -tus past participle suffix)

Other words from apposite

  • ap·po·site·ly, adjective
  • ap·po·site·ness, noun
  • un·ap·po·site, adjective
  • un·ap·po·site·ly, adverb
  • un·ap·po·site·ness, noun

Words Nearby apposite

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How to use apposite in a sentence

  • These remarks, as will appear in the sequel, are apposite to the parties which I am about to introduce to the reader.

    Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
  • This, from him, so unexpectedly apposite, had the effect upon her of a Providential interposition.

  • This prophecy was strengthened by apposite quotations showing the existing drift of opinion in the United States.

    The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. Skelton
  • Yet that it was eminently apposite is evident from the whole course of the subsequent discussions.

    The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
  • To borrow an apposite expression from M. Texte, it is an organism whose evolution has accomplished its course.

British Dictionary definitions for apposite

apposite

/ (ˈæpəzɪt) /


adjective
  1. well suited for the purpose; appropriate; apt

Origin of apposite

1
C17: from Latin appositus placed near, from appōnere, from pōnere to put, place

Derived forms of apposite

  • appositely, adverb
  • appositeness, noun

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