Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense juxtaposes, present participle juxtaposing, past tense, past participle juxtaposed
verb
If you juxtapose two contrasting objects, images, or ideas, you place them together or describe them together, so that the differences between them are emphasized.
[formal]
The technique Mr Wilson uses most often is to juxtapose things for dramatic effect. [VERB noun]
Contemporary photographs are juxtaposed with a sixteenth century, copper Portuguesemirror. [beVERB-ed + with]
...art's oldest theme: the celebration of life juxtaposed with the terror of mortality. [VERB-ed]
[Also VERB noun + with]
juxtapose in British English
(ˌdʒʌkstəˈpəʊz)
verb
(transitive)
to place close together or side by side
Derived forms
juxtaposition (ˌjuxtapoˈsition)
noun
juxtapositional (ˌjuxtapoˈsitional)
adjective
Word origin
C19: back formation from juxtaposition, from Latin juxta next to + position
juxtapose in American English
(ˈdʒʌkstəˌpoʊz; ˌ dʒʌkstəˈpoʊz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈjuxtaˌposed or ˈjuxtaˌposing
to put side by side or close together
Derived forms
juxtaposition (ˌjuxtapoˈsition)
noun
Word origin
Fr juxtaposer: see juxta- & pose1
Examples of 'juxtapose' in a sentence
juxtapose
But experiences do not often crop up juxtaposed so as to cement this understanding in our minds.
Christopher Ross TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)
In other languages
juxtapose
British English: juxtapose VERB
If you juxtapose two contrasting objects, images, or ideas, you place them together or describe them together, so that the differences between them are emphasized.
The technique he uses most often is to juxtapose things for dramatic effect.