apposite
pronunciation
How to pronounce apposite in British English:
UK [ˈæpəzɪt]
How to pronounce apposite in American English:
US [ˈæpəzɪt]
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- Adjective:
- being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
Word Origin
- apposite (adj.)
- 1620s, "well-put or applied, appropriate," from Latin appositus "contiguous, neighboring;" figuratively "fit, proper, suitable," past participle of apponere "apply to, put near," from ad- "near" (see ad-) + ponere "to place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)).
Example
- 1. Never can the punchline from the well-known irish joke have been more apposite .
- 2. Yet it is usually where they appear most apposite , namely price wars , that investors struggle to accept battle strategies , since not even victors emerge unscathed .
- 3. As the european central bank pumps billions of euros into the money markets , and financiers worldwide fret about a messy end to a period of loose credit conditions , it is apposite that the chinese stock market hit a new high yesterday .