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juxtapose

[juhk-stuh-pohz, juhk-stuh-pohz] Example Sentences Origin

jux·ta·pose

[juhk-stuh-pohz, juhk-stuh-pohz]
verb (used with object), -posed, -pos·ing.
to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

Origin:
1850–55; back formation from juxtaposition
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Juxtapose is an SAT word you need to know.
So is infer. Does it mean:
concerned with mere style or effect; tending to use bombast
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence; to indicate or involve as a conclusion
Example Sentences
  • The program juxtaposed straightforward songs with open-ended improvisations.
  • Here, the ingredients are too obviously juxtaposed.
  • The conflicts were so dissimilar that essay after essay is able to do no more than juxtapose events as opposed to compare them.
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juxtapose (ˌdʒʌkstəˈpəʊz)
 
vb
(tr) to place close together or side by side
 
[C19: back formation from juxtaposition, from Latin juxta next to + position]
 
juxtapo'sition
 
n
 
juxtapo'sitional
 
adj

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juxtapose
1851, from Fr. juxtaposer (1835), from L. juxta + Fr. poser (see juxtaposition).
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