interposition
pronunciation
How to pronounce interposition in British English:
UK [ˌɪntəpə'zɪʃən]
How to pronounce interposition in American English:
US [ˌɪntəpə'zɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
- the act of interposing one thing between or among others
Word Origin
- interposition (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French interposicion (12c.), from Latin interpositionem (nominative interpositio), noun of action from past participle stem of interponere "to put between, place among; put forward," from inter- (see inter-) + ponere "to put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)).
Example
- 1. Of this miraculous interposition moses is supposed to have been reminded in ex.
- 2. Without the interposition of other agencies or conditions .
- 3. Application of residual stomach interposition between esophagus and jejunum in operation for carcinoma of the cardia .
- 4. On study of the problems with the lack of the educational rights of floating children and us interposition .
- 5. Consultants should take a cautious attitude toward value interposition , and should construct a certain condition , create a better consultant-visitor relation , grasp opportunity and observe certain principles .