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juxtaposing

juxtaposing is the present participle and gerund of juxtapose.

Meaning of juxtapose

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.

Noun

juxtaposing (plural juxtaposings)

  1. An act of juxtaposition.

Forms of juxtaposing

pluraljuxtaposings

Questions about juxtaposing

What does juxtaposing mean?
Juxtaposing means an act of juxtaposition.
What is juxtaposing the present participle and gerund of?
Juxtaposing is the present participle and gerund of juxtapose.
What part of speech is juxtaposing?
Juxtaposing is a noun.
What is the plural of juxtaposing?
The plural of juxtaposing is juxtaposings.

Words near juxtaposing in the dictionary

  1. juxtapose
  2. juxtaposed
  3. juxtaposer
  4. juxtaposers
  5. juxtaposes
  6. juxtaposing
  7. juxtaposings
  8. juxtaposit
  9. juxtaposited
  10. juxtapositing
  11. juxtaposition

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Adapted from Wiktionary: juxtaposing (page history and authors); juxtapose (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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