noun
1. a grouping of words in a sentence
• Hypernyms: ↑language unit, ↑linguistic unit
2. the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
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it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors
• Syn: ↑juxtaposition, ↑apposition
• Derivationally related forms: ↑collocate, ↑appose (for: ↑apposition), ↑juxtapose (for: ↑juxtaposition)
• Hypernyms: ↑placement, ↑location, ↑locating, ↑position, ↑positioning, ↑emplacement
• Hyponyms: ↑tessellation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.