Apposite

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  • adjective. Appropriate or relevant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Placed near to; specifically, in botany, lying side by side, in contact, or partly united.
  • Suitable; fit; appropriate; applicable; well adapted: followed by to: as, this argument is very apposite to the case; “ready and apposite answers,” Bacon, Hen. VII., p. 120.
  • . Apt; ready in speech or answer: said of persons.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Appropriate, relevant, well-suited; fit.
  • 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.
  • adjective. Related, homologous.
  • noun. Something that is apposite
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  • adjective. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
    • Word Usage
    "The title is apposite: Kravitz straddles the divide like no other with his drop-dead girlfriends and pads."
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    opposite  
    Equivalent
    apropos  
    Form
    apposition  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aptest  backedge  cautionary  characteristical  cuneiform  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    a propos  ad rem  adapted  admissible  appertaining  
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