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# interposition

«interposition» in Mova's school dictionary: **Putting something between two other things, or coming…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (interposition, interpositions — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Putting something between two other things, or coming between them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interposition/#m1)

2) (formal) Stepping in between people to stop or change what is happening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interposition/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A rare, formal word met in older or legal texts. In art and science, interposition is a clue for depth: when one object hides part of another, the hidden one looks further away. Phrases: by interposition, the interposition of.

### examples

- The interposition of a cloud hid the sun (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interposition/#x1)
- In the painting, the tree in front shows depth by interposition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interposition/#x2)
- The interposition of the teacher stopped the fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interposition/#x3)
- A wall's interposition blocked the noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interposition/#x4)
- The judge's interposition changed the decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interposition/#x5)
- Interposition is one way our eyes judge how far things are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interposition/#x6)

### note

Formal; everyday words are "coming between" or "stepping in". Verb: interpose (to put or come between). Countable in some uses, uncountable in others.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «interposition» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interposition/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.