juxtapose

See also: juxtaposé

English

WOTD – 27 July 2006

Etymology

Borrowed from French juxtaposer, corresponding to juxta- + pose, derived from Latin iuxtā (“near, next to”) + pōnō (“place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌkstəpəʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌkstəpoʊz/

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• Rhymes: -əʊz

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.
   • 2006, Scarnati, Chris, "We should follow New Jersey's lead on this one", YourCranberry:

     "In juxtaposing the youth athletes of our grandparents' generation with those of the modern era, we're essentially comparing Volkswagen Beetles to Hummers."

Related terms

• juxtaposition

Translations

to place side by side

• Catalan: juxtaposar (ca)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} naast elkaar leggen
• Finnish: asettaa vierekkäin, asettaa rinnakkain, rinnastaa (fi)
• French: juxtaposer (fr)
• Galician: xustapór, xustapoñer
• German: ^{(please verify)} nebeneinander stellen
• Greek: αντιπαραβάλλω (el) (antiparavállo)
• Icelandic: (place side by side) setja hlið við hlið, (juxtaposed) samliggjandi, (juxtaposed) hliðstæður m
• Kurdish: dan ^{(please verify)} berhev (ku), ^{(please verify)} berhev dan (ku)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sammenligne (no), sidestille

  Nynorsk: samanlikne/samanlikna

• Persian: کنار هم گذاشتن‎ (kenâr-e ham gozâštan)
• Portuguese: justapor (pt)
• Russian: сопоставлять (ru) (sopostavljatʹ)
• Spanish: yuxtaponer (es)
• Swedish: jämföra (sv)
• Ukrainian: зіставля́ти impf (zistavljáty)

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French

Verb

juxtapose

1. first-person singular present indicative of juxtaposer
2. third-person singular present indicative of juxtaposer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of juxtaposer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of juxtaposer
5. second-person singular imperative of juxtaposer