transitive verb
-·posed·, -·pos·ing to put side by side or close together
Origin of juxtapose
French juxtaposer: see juxta- and pose
A laptop computer juxtaposed over a book.
Juxtapose is defined as to put two things close to each other in order to highlight or compare the differences between them.
An example of juxtapose is when you put a very short book next to a very long book.
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transitive verb
jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·esTo place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
Origin of juxtapose
French juxtaposer Latin iūxtā close by ; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.French poser to place ( from Old French; see pose 1. )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present juxtaposes, present participle juxtaposing, simple past and past participle juxtaposed)
- To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
Origin
See also: juxtaposéFrom French juxtaposer, corresponding to juxta- + pose, derived from Latin iuxtā (“near, next to”) + pōnō (“place”).
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Sentence Examples
- Dreams of happiness were often juxtaposed with dreams of sadness.
- The stomping baseline is nicely juxtaposed with samples from The Blues Brothers film.
- The paper juxtaposed narratives and analytical passages.
- The film was juxtaposed with turbulent images of the events which shaped their lives during that period.
- By looking at my old diary, I can juxtapose my past with my current life.
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