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juxtaposed

juxtaposed adjective: placed side by side often for comparison or contrast. Also the simple past and past participle of juxtapose.

Adjective

juxtaposed (not comparable)

  1. Placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.
    • juxtaposed pictures

Also used as

juxtaposed is also the simple past and past participle of juxtapose.

Examples of juxtaposed in a sentence

  • In the study, they juxtaposed economic growth with social welfare indicators.
  • These are juxtaposed with brutal news footage and Isis YouTube propaganda.
  • Among other things, the figure is juxtaposed with seven lines of poetry arranged in traditional fashion.

All 11 example sentences with juxtaposed

Questions about juxtaposed

What does juxtaposed mean?
Juxtaposed means placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.
What part of speech is juxtaposed?
Juxtaposed is an adjective.

Words near juxtaposed in the dictionary

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

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