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stəˌpoʊzverb (used with object), -posed, -pos·ing.
to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
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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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Word Origin & History
juxtapose
1851, from Fr. juxtaposer (1835), from L. juxta + Fr. poser (see juxtaposition).
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