JUXTAPOSE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they juxtapose ... he / she / it juxtaposes

Past simple: juxtaposed

Past participle: juxtaposed

-ing form: juxtaposing

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)