Juxtapose

From Concise Oxford English Dictionary

juxtapose

ˌdʒʌkstə’pəʊz  verb place close together.
 
juxtaposition noun
juxtapositional adjective
 
C19 (earlier (ME) as juxtaposition): from Fr. juxtaposer, from L. juxta ‘next’ + Fr. poser ‘to place’.

From Concise Oxford Thesaurus

juxtapose

  verb PLACE SIDE BY SIDE, set side by side, mix; compare, contrast.

From Oxford Collocations Dictionary

juxtapose

verb

Juxtapose is used with these nouns as the object:

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From Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

juxtapose

jux·ta·pose juxtaposes juxtaposing juxtaposed
[VERB: V pl-n, be V-ed with n, V-ed, also V n with n]
If you juxtapose two contrasting objects, images, or ideas, you place them together or describe them together, so that the differences between them are emphasized. (FORMAL)
    The technique Mr Wilson uses most often is to juxtapose things for dramatic effect…
    Contemporary photographs are juxtaposed with a sixteenth century, copper Portuguese mirror.
    …art’s oldest theme: the celebration of life juxtaposed with the terror of mortality.

From English-Serbian dictionary

Juxtapose

Staviti Napored-Staviti Pored

From English-Croatian Dictionary

juxtapose

postaviti jedno uz drugo

From English-Bulgarian

juxtapose

[,dj§kstъ’pouz] v поставям един до друг; съпоставям.

From Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary

jux·ta·pose

Pronunciation:     jək-stə-ˌpōz
Function:           transitive verb
Inflected Form:    -posed ; -pos·ing
Etymology:          probably back-formation from juxtaposition
Date:               1851


: to place side by side <juxtapose unexpected combinations of colors, shapes and ideas ― J. F. T. Bugental>

From Moby Thesaurus

juxtapose

Synonyms and related words:
abut, accumulate, adjoin, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, appose, assemble, batch, bring near, bring together, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, clump, cluster, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, compare, compile, conglomerate, corral, cumulate, dig up, draw together, dredge up, drive together, gather, gather in, gather together, get in, get together, group, join, juxtaposit, lump together, make up, mass, match, mobilize, muster, neighbor, pair, partner, put together, put with, raise, rake up, rally, round up, scrape together, take up, whip in

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (4th Ed)

juxtapose

jux·ta·pose /7dVQkstE5pEUz ?@ 5dVQkstEpoUz/ v [T]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Probably from juxtaposition (17-21 centuries), from Latin juxta ‘near’ + Englishposition]
formal to put things together, especially things that are not normally together, in order to compare them or to make something new
juxtapose sth with sth
 a style of decor that juxtaposes antiques with modern furniture
>juxtaposition /7dVQkstEpE5zIFEn/ n [U and C]

From Oxford Talking Dictionary

juxtapose

juxtapose
/dʒʌkstəpəʊz/
v.t. M19. [Fr. juxtaposer, f. as JUXTA- + POSE v.1] Place (two or more things) side by side or close to one another; place (one thing) beside another.

Thesaurusjuxtapose
verb place/set side by side, place parallel, put adjacent, compare.
QuotationR. ELLMANN The self only comes to exist when juxtaposed with other people. E. WILSON Juxtaposing..hues in a rainbow. J. BRODSKY By juxtaposing one faith with another we..take them out of their context.
From Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Juxtapose

(v. t.)

To place in juxtaposition.

From SOED

juxtapose

juxtapose verb trans. [dʒʌkstǝ’pǝʊz] M19.
[French juxtaposer, formed as JUXTA- + POSE verb1.]
Place (two or more things) side by side or close to one another; place (one thing) beside another.
R. Ellmann The self only comes to exist when juxtaposed with other people. E. Wilson Juxtaposing..hues in a rainbow. J. Brodsky By juxtaposing one faith with another we..take them out of their context.

From Century Dictionary (1889)

juxtapose


 

  • To place (two or more objects) close together; place side by side.

 

 

From American Heritage Dictionary

juxtapose

jux·ta·pose (jkstə-pōz)
tr.v. jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·es
To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.


[French juxtaposer : Latin ixtā, close by; see yeug- in Indo-European Roots + French poser, to place (from Old French. See pose1).]

From English Wikipedia

 

Juxtapose was last modified: July 22nd, 2019 by Jovan Stosic

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