The apposition in the title has been read as indicating that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is equivalent to ‘colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases’.
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Apposition
/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/
Synonyms for "apposition" (13 found)
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Noun(2 words)
appositive constructioncollocation
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Noun(3 words)
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18 entriesdevelopmentemplacementgrammatical constructiongrowinggrowthlimitinglinguistic constructionlocatinglocationmaturationmodificationontogenesisontogenyplacementpositionpositioning
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2 entriesnonrestrictive appositionrestrictive apposition
Collocations
6 entriesappositional phraseappositive phrasegrammatical appositionin appositionnonrestrictive appositionrestrictive apposition
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