"juxtaposition" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-juxtaposition.ogg [US] Forms: juxtapositions [plural]
Etymology: From French juxtaposition, from Latin iuxtā (“near”) (from Latin iungō (“to join”)) + French position (“position”) (from Latin pōnō (“to place”)). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|juxtaposition}} French juxtaposition, {{der|en|la|iuxtā||near}} Latin iuxtā (“near”), {{m|la|iungō||to join}} iungō (“to join”), {{m|fr|position||position}} position (“position”), {{m|la|pōnō||to place}} pōnō (“to place”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} juxtaposition (countable and uncountable, plural juxtapositions)
  1. The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
    (grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (grammar: absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together): juxtaposició (Catalan), nominacio (Esperanto), შედარება (šedareba) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-juxtaposition-en-noun-t71Wz2oj Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar: absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together': 65 15 2 6 6 6
  2. The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
    (mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematics: absence of operators): შედარება (šedareba) (Georgian), Juxtaposition [feminine] (German), neas-suíomh [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-juxtaposition-en-noun-fjKsQuAl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 13 3 25 25 25 1 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: absence of operators': 20 49 2 10 9 9
  3. The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-juxtaposition-en-noun-xrOMcV-z
  4. The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
    (art) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Art Translations (arts: contrasting sounds or colours): контраст (kontrast) (Bulgarian), juxtapositie (Dutch), შედარება (šedareba) (Georgian), párosítás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-juxtaposition-en-noun-QoU9Fn2s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 13 3 25 25 25 1 Topics: art, arts Disambiguation of 'arts: contrasting sounds or colours': 5 4 2 71 9 9
  5. The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
    (rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
    Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-juxtaposition-en-noun-izPXyucS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 13 3 25 25 25 1
  6. The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-juxtaposition-en-noun-m3NU6js4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 13 3 25 25 25 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: juxta-position Hypernyms: position (english: structurally) Related terms: juxtapose, juxtaposed, juxtapositive Translations (extra emphasis given to a comparison): შედარება (šedareba) (Georgian), Gegenüberstellung [feminine] (German), szembeállítás (Hungarian), szembenállás (Hungarian), sida vid sida (Swedish) Translations (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter): съпоставяне (sǎpostavjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), juxtaposició [feminine] (Catalan), kunmeto (Esperanto), pagkakaiba (Filipino), vierekkäin asettelu (Finnish), juxtaposition [feminine] (French), სიახლოვე (siaxlove) (Georgian), egymásmellettiség (Hungarian), egymás mellé állítás/helyezés (Hungarian), бли́зость (blízostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'extra emphasis given to a comparison': 1 1 0 32 32 32 Disambiguation of 'the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter': 32 32 32 1 1 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-juxtaposition.ogg [US] Forms: juxtapositions [present, singular, third-person], juxtapositioning [participle, present], juxtapositioned [participle, past], juxtapositioned [past]
Etymology: From French juxtaposition, from Latin iuxtā (“near”) (from Latin iungō (“to join”)) + French position (“position”) (from Latin pōnō (“to place”)). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|juxtaposition}} French juxtaposition, {{der|en|la|iuxtā||near}} Latin iuxtā (“near”), {{m|la|iungō||to join}} iungō (“to join”), {{m|fr|position||position}} position (“position”), {{m|la|pōnō||to place}} pōnō (“to place”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} juxtaposition (third-person singular simple present juxtapositions, present participle juxtapositioning, simple past and past participle juxtapositioned)
  1. To place in juxtaposition. Related terms: parataxis
    Sense id: en-juxtaposition-en-verb-ud3Z5ZTV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: juxta-position

Noun [French]

IPA: /ʒyk.sta.po.zi.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-juxtaposition.wav Forms: juxtapositions [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} juxtaposition f (plural juxtapositions)
  1. juxtaposition Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-juxtaposition-fr-noun-7jngwrL- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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