JUXTAPOSITION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of positioning close together (or side by side)

Example:

it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors

Synonyms:

apposition; collocation; juxtaposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("juxtaposition" is a kind of...):

emplacement; locating; location; placement; position; positioning (the act of putting something in a certain place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "juxtaposition"):

tessellation (the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern)

Derivation:

juxtapose (place side by side)

Meaning:

A side-by-side position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("juxtaposition" is a kind of...):

place; position (the particular portion of space occupied by something)

Derivation:

juxtapose (place side by side)

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb juxtaposition