EGAVE

apposite

About 0.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
  2. adjective 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. adjective Related, homologous.
  4. noun That which is apposite; something suitable.

Similar words

appropriate apt apropos pertinent proper fit suitable felicitous applicable relevant

Often followed by

to and in here for than as example that

Word family

appositely appositeness appositenesses

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