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’.
juxtapose
▶ verb PLACE SIDE BY SIDE, set side by side, mix; compare, contrast.
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verb
Juxtapose is used with these nouns as the object:
image
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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.
Juxtapose
Staviti Napored-Staviti Pored
juxtapose
postaviti jedno uz drugo
juxtapose
[,dj§kstъ’pouz] v поставям един до друг; съпоставям.
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>
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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
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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]
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/dʒʌkstə“pəʊz/
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.
Juxtapose
(v. t.)
To place in juxtaposition.
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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.
juxtapose
- To place (two or more objects) close together; place side by side.
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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).]