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Definition of "apposite" []

  • Strikingly appropriate and relevant. See Synonyms at relevant. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "apposite" in a sentence
  • "The title is apposite: Kravitz straddles the divide like no other with his drop-dead girlfriends and pads."
  • "Also, that Woody Allen story that Antid linked is kind of apposite, and funny. jhupp Says:"
  • "That's Jorge Grau, director of the cannibal zombie classic The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue... kind of apposite because this was at the annual Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester, where the two of us helped out with the presentation work for more years than I care to count."