"juxtapose" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌkstəpəʊz/ [UK], /ˈd͡ʒʌkstəpoʊz/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-juxtapose.ogg , en-au-juxtapose.ogg Forms: juxtaposes [present, singular, third-person], juxtaposing [participle, present], juxtaposed [participle, past], juxtaposed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊz Etymology: Borrowed from French juxtaposer, corresponding to juxta- + pose, derived from Latin iuxtā (“near, next to”) + pōnō (“place”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|juxtaposer}} French juxtaposer, {{der|en|la|iuxtā||near, next to}} Latin iuxtā (“near, next to”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} juxtapose (third-person singular simple present juxtaposes, present participle juxtaposing, simple past and past participle juxtaposed)
  1. (transitive) To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison. Tags: transitive Related terms: juxtaposition Translations (to place side by side): съпоставям (sǎpostavjam) (Bulgarian), juxtaposar (Catalan), 並列 (Chinese Mandarin), 并列 (bìngliè) (Chinese Mandarin), sammenligne (Danish), sidestille (Danish), asettaa vierekkäin (Finnish), asettaa rinnakkain (Finnish), rinnastaa (Finnish), juxtaposer (French), xustapór (Galician), xustapoñer (Galician), შეპირისპირება (šeṗirisṗireba) (Georgian), შედარება (šedareba) (Georgian), αντιπαραβάλλω (antiparavállo) (Greek), setja hlið við hlið (english: place side by side) (Icelandic), samliggjandi (english: juxtaposed) (Icelandic), hliðstæður (english: juxtaposed) [masculine] (Icelandic), сопоставува (sopostavuva) (Macedonian), sammenligne (Norwegian Bokmål), sidestille (Norwegian Bokmål), samanlikne (Norwegian Nynorsk), samanlikna (Norwegian Nynorsk), کنار هم گذاشتن (kenâr-e ham gozâštan) (Persian), justapor (Portuguese), сопоставлять (sopostavljatʹ) (Russian), yuxtaponer (Spanish), jämföra (Swedish), зіставля́ти (zistavljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)

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          "english": "place side by side",
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          "note": "yan yana getirmek (normalden birlikte anılmayacak şeyleri)",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kenâr-e ham gozâštan",
      "sense": "to place side by side",
      "word": "کنار هم گذاشتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to place side by side",
      "word": "justapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sopostavljatʹ",
      "sense": "to place side by side",
      "word": "сопоставлять"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to place side by side",
      "word": "yuxtaponer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to place side by side",
      "word": "jämföra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "note": "yan yana getirmek (normalden birlikte anılmayacak şeyleri)",
      "sense": "to place side by side"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zistavljáty",
      "sense": "to place side by side",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зіставля́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "juxtapose"
}

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  "path": [
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  "title": "juxtapose",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
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