MEANING
to place things side by side so their relationship or contrast becomes noticeable
Use it for
Words that belong together
- juxtapose two accounts
- juxtapose images
- juxtapose past and present
On the page
The essay juxtaposes official reports with private letters.
Two images are juxtaposed to expose the change in scale.
The final scene juxtaposes celebration and loss.
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Word forms
- Base
- juxtapose / juxtaposes
- Past tense
- juxtaposed
- Past participle
- juxtaposed
- Present participle
- juxtaposing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- juxtapose / juxtaposes
- Present continuous
- am/is/are juxtaposing
- Present perfect
- have/has juxtaposed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been juxtaposing
- Past
- juxtaposed
- Past continuous
- was/were juxtaposing
- Past perfect
- had juxtaposed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been juxtaposing
- Future
- will juxtapose / juxtaposes
- Future continuous
- will be juxtaposing
- Future perfect
- will have juxtaposed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been juxtaposing
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Usage notes
Primary curation section: Academic. The arrangement invites comparison; it does not itself state that the things are similar or prove a conclusion. juxtapose; juxtaposes; juxtaposed; juxtaposed; juxtaposing. Related noun: juxtaposition.
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