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JUXTAPOSITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb juxtaposition
