superpose

Other forms of superpose

past tense

superposed·

present participle

superposing·

third person

superposes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about superpose

What does superpose mean?

superpose means "place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in superpose?

superpose has 3 syllables: su-per-pose. The stress falls on "su".

What is another word for superpose?

Close synonyms include superimpose, lay over. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is superpose a common word?

superpose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.