"juxtapose" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌkstəpəʊz/ [UK], /ˈd͡ʒʌkstəpoʊz/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-juxtapose.ogg [US], en-au-juxtapose.ogg [Australia] 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, {{m|en|juxta-}} juxta-, {{m|en|pose}} pose, {{der|en|la|iuxtā||near, next to}} Latin iuxtā (“near, next to”), {{m|la|pōnō||place}} pōnō (“place”) 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), 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)
    Sense id: en-juxtapose-en-verb-AH~homcE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Northern Kurdish links with redundant wikilinks

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to place side by side",
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