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JUXTAPOSE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they juxtapose ... he / she / it juxtaposes
Past simple: juxtaposed
Past participle: juxtaposed
-ing form: juxtaposing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Place side by side
Example:
The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "juxtapose" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
juxtaposition (the act of positioning close together (or side by side))
juxtaposition (a side-by-side position)
