Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
The matter contained within brackets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
A thorough examination of a topic, juxtaposing both thesis and antithesis in order to achieve a final synthesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An abstract idea that embodies a shared social worldview.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
From Ancient Greek παράθεσις (paráthesis, “putting beside”).
