Definition von „apposite“ auf Englisch

adjective

1. Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.

   • c. 1833–1856, Andrew Carrick, John Addington Symonds (editors), Medical Topography of Bristol, in Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association/Volume 2/3, Medical Topography would be the most apposite title, since it comprehends the principal objects of investigation; ….

2. Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.

3. Related, homologous.

noun

1. (rare) That which is apposite; something suitable.