apposite
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adjective \ˈa-pə-zət\Definition of APPOSITE
: highly pertinent or appropriate : apt <apposite remarks>
— ap·po·site·ly adverb
— ap·po·site·ness noun
See Examples of APPOSITE
- <enriched his essay on patriotism with some very apposite quotations from famous people on the subject>
Origin of APPOSITE
Latin appositus, from past participle of apponere to place near, from ad- + ponere to put — more at position
First Known Use: 1621
Related to APPOSITE
- Antonyms
- extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelative, irrelevant, pointless
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