Apposite

//ˈæp.ə.zɪt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which is apposite; something suitable. rare

    "Hugh gave the boy apples or other small apposites[…], but the child was too interested in the bishop to notice the gifts."

Adjective
  1. 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. 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.

    "In other words, they are used to name, rather than to describe. They are apposite nouns and not adjectives."

  3. 3
    Related, homologous.

    "If the shift in theatrical setting and the shift in dramaturgy are at all related, they are apposite developments, independent yet homologous signs of a changing political and cultural climate."

Adjective
  1. 1
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
pertinentseemlya proposad remadaptedadmissible

Example

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"It is, however, apposite to note that this process will continue in the year ahead."

Etymology

From Latin appositus, past participle of adponere, from ad- + ponere (“to put, place”). See apposition.

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