Juxtapose

[SeaBreeze]

I have never used this word, but I'm hearing it all the time on TV news, etc. Juxtapose means to place side by side for comparison or contrast.

Do you ever use the word juxtapose, often?

 

[RadishRose]

No, I never use it. Just suppose I did use juxtapose, my tongue would get tangled I think. Well now I will be looking for the opportunity.

 

[SifuPhil]

I'm fairly certain I've used it somewhere or other, but I always thought it also implied that one was actively changing positions. As in, juxtaposing that piece of art with another ...

 

[RadishRose]

Also that, Phil.
juxtapose. CloseStyle: MLA APA Chicago. verb jux·ta·pose \ˈjək-stə-ˌpōz\ : to place (different things) together in order to create an interesting effect or to show how they are the same or different. jux·ta·posedjux·ta·pos·ing.

 

[Shalimar]

I don't use it either. I am going to create an opportunity when I start teaching next week. Snicker.

 

[SifuPhil]

Also that, Phil.
juxtapose. CloseStyle: MLA APA Chicago. verb jux·ta·pose \ˈjək-stə-ˌpōz\ : to place (different things) together in order to create an interesting effect or to show how they are the same or different. jux·ta·posedjux·ta·pos·ing.

Ah, thank you. I was too lazy to check but I thought it involved some kind of movement.

 

[boozercruiser]

NO, never heard of that word.
And I am not bovvered if I never hear it again!:apthy:

 

[Falcon]

Just suppose I wanted to use that word, I wouldn't know how to use it. layful:

 

[SifuPhil]

Just suppose I wanted to use that word, I wouldn't know how to use it. layful:

Well, what if you were to juxtapose yourself with someone who did?

 

[Shalimar]

Stand by me Falcon!

 

[SifuPhil]

Stand by me Falcon!

If he did it would be juxtapose ...

 

[Shalimar]

Exactly!

 

[hollydolly]

I use the word Juxtapose quite often and it's a word that's always been in fairly common usage here or at least in my world..


Here are some examples of Juxtaposition..


http://examples.yourdictionary.com/juxtaposition-examples.html

 

[Pookie]

I think I used that word once in an essay in college and my prof said it was inappropriate. He was a history prof. My Mom was an English teacher.

Pookie 1, history prof 0. Ooops.

 

[imp]

I thought it meant "twisted-around". imp

 

[Butterfly]

It got used every once in a while in legal stuff.