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Juxtaposition

A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.

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Broader term 5

Locating 76% connected

of Locate

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Location 76% connected

The act or process of locating.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Placement 76% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Tessellation 76% connected

The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Appose 74% connected

To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Appose 74% connected

To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Juxtapose 74% connected

To place in juxtaposition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Juxtapose 74% connected

To place in juxtaposition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Apposition 92% connected

The act of adding; application; accretion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Collocation 92% connected

The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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