Other forms: juxtaposed, juxtaposing, juxtaposes
To juxtapose is to place two things side by side for contrast. Juxtapose the two photographs.
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1verbjuxtaposeTo place two things side by side for contrast.
“The exhibition juxtaposed the two versions on one wall.”
juxtapose is a placing.
French juxtaposer, from Latin iuxta, next to, plus ponere, to place.
Latin
iuxtā — near, next to
French
juxtaposer
English, today
juxtapose
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French juxtaposer, corresponding to juxta- + pose, derived from Latin iuxtā (“near, next to”) + pōnō (“place”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA