pon-, posit-, pos-, -poning, -poned, -ponency, -ponent, -ponement, -pound

Wind-borne soil deposit.

1. To place side by side or in close proximity; to juxtapose.
2. To be placed near something, or to place or to move something next to something else.

1. Especially well suited to the circumstances; particularly appropriate.
2. Suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt; such as, an apposite answer.

Suitably; fitly; properly; pertinently: "She answered the question appositely."

Appropriateness; fitness; propriety; suitableness.

1. The relative position of two things that are next to each other.
2. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other.
3. A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
4. A grammar relationship between noun phrases.

The relationship between two usually consecutive nouns or noun phrases that refer to the same person or thing and have the same relationship to other sentence elements.

In the sentence: "My son, an actor, lives with me"; the phrase "My son, an actor" is an example of apposition.

5. In physiology, cell growth in which layers of material are deposited on existing ones.

1. Words, or phrases, that refer to the same person or thing and have the same relationship to other sentence elements.
2. An adjective, or adjectival phrase, directly following the noun it modifies.

In the sentence, "His friend, Martin" the name "Martin" is in apposition to "His friend".

1. In an appositive manner; such as, "this adjective is used appositively".
2. An adjective which is directly following the noun it modifies.

1. Appropriate or proper in a specific situation.
2. At an opportune time.
3. Being at once opportune and to the point; relevant.
4. Etymology: from French ŕ propos, "to the purpose" from propos, "purpose, plan", from Latin propositium, past participle of proponere, "to set forth, to propose".

In heraldry, divided into a single line made up of squares that alternate between metal and color, color and fur, or fur and metal.

1. A part of something, usually of something bigger: "He worked for a company that manufactured automobile components."
2. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity, which often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
3. A device such as a resistor or transistor that is part of an electronic circuit.
4. In mathematics, one of a set of vectors whose combination resultant is another vector.
5. In chemistry, one of the substances necessary to describe each phase of a chemical system.

1. To make up the constituent parts of; to constitute or to form: "They had an exhibit composed of modernistic paintings."
2. To make or to create by putting together parts or elements; including components or parts that make up something.
3. To create or to produce something; such as, a literary or musical piece.
4. To make (oneself) calm or tranquil: "She had to compose herself so she could deal calmly with the problem."
5. To settle or to adjust; to reconcile: "The husband and his wife managed to compose their differences."
6. To arrange aesthetically or artistically; for example, to arrange things in order to achieve an effect.
7. To arrange or to set type in preparation for printing.

1. Something made from different parts: "This new law is a composite of previously suggested legislation over the years."
2. An image of a suspect's face which is created by a police artist or photographer, based on input from a witness or witnesses.
3. A structure or an entity made up of distinct components; a mixture.
4. A complex material; such as, wood or fiberglass, in which two or more distinct, structurally complementary substances, especially metals, ceramics, glasses, and polymers, combine to produce structural or functional properties not present in any individual component.
5. A colloquial term for resin materials used in restorative dentistry.

1. A reference to something made up of distinct parts.
2. Relating to a very large family of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees often considered to be the most highly evolved plants and characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers.
3. A description of something combining the typical or essential characteristics of individuals making up a group.
4. Specifying a range of values for one or more statistical parameters.

1. Something made up of disparate, or separate parts or elements; a compound.
2. A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts.