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juxtapose

UK/ˈd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəʊz//ˈd͡ʒʌk.stəˌpoʊz/

juxtapose verb: to place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.

juxtapose: to place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison
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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.
    • The artist used contrasting colors to juxtapose light and dark.
    • The documentary effectively juxtaposes the lives of two rival politicians.

juxtapose meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

juxtapose in Tamil

பொருள்கள் வகையில் அடுத்தடுத்து வை

juxtapose in Urdu

ملا کر رکھنا, پہلو با پہلو رکھنا

juxtapose in Bengali

পাশাপাশি, সমান্তরাল স্থাপন করা

juxtapose in Malayalam

അടുപ്പിച്ചു വയ്ക്കുക, തൊടുവിച്ചു വയ്ക്കുക
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juxtapose in Kannada
ಕೆಲಕೆಲದಲ್ಲಿಡು
juxtapose in Persian
کنار هم گذاشتن kenâr-e ham gozâštan

Forms of juxtapose

third-person singular presentjuxtaposes
present participlejuxtaposing
past participlejuxtaposed
pastjuxtaposed

Past tense of juxtapose: juxtaposed

Origin of juxtapose

Borrowed from French juxtaposer, corresponding to juxta- + pose, derived from Latin iuxtā (“near, next to”) + pōnō (“place”).

Words formed from juxtapose

Words that rhyme with juxtapose

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Questions about juxtapose

What does juxtapose mean?
Juxtapose means to place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
What is juxtapose in Tamil?
Juxtapose in Tamil is பொருள்கள் வகையில் அடுத்தடுத்து வை. See Juxtapose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is juxtapose?
Juxtapose is a verb.
How do you pronounce juxtapose?
Juxtapose is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəʊz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of juxtapose?
The past tense of juxtapose is juxtaposed.

Words near juxtapose in the dictionary

  1. juxtaparaventricular
  2. juxtaphrenic
  3. juxtapituitary
  4. juxtapleural
  5. juxtaposable
  6. juxtapose
  7. juxtaposed
  8. juxtaposer
  9. juxtaposers
  10. juxtaposes
  11. juxtaposing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: juxtapose (page history and authors); juxtapose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juxtapose (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juxtapose (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juxtapose (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juxtapose (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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