juxtaposition
juxtaposition is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words. Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition. Glanvill. Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. Hare.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abut
- abutment
- abuttal
- abutter
- adhere
- adhesion
- adjoin
- apposition
- appulse
- cause
- close
- coexist
- coexistence
- coincide
- coincidence
- come
- contact
- conterminous
- contiguity
- contiguous
- end
- frontier
- graze
- hand
- interval
- join
- juxtapose
- limit
- link
- march
- meet
- meeting
- near
- osculate
- osculation
- osculatory
- proximity
- rencontre
- rencounter
- syzygy
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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