Dictionary

superimpose en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsuː.pəɹ.ɪmˌpəʊ̯z/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsuː.pəɹ.ɪmˌpəʊ̯z/
• /ˈsuː.pɚ.ɪmˌpoʊ̯z/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• so͞oʹ-pər-ĭm-pōz'

Etymology

From super- + impose.

Meanings

1. To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.
   • It involves superimposing broken English written in multi-coloured Comic Sans on to pictures of shiba inus, a small Japanese breed of dog known for its spirited stubbornness. 2014 February 18, Alex Hern, “What is Doge?”, in The Guardian:
   • His protagonists all suffer from severe sense of guilt which cannot be explained from the actions and occurrences in the stories itself. What is happening in reality is that the sense of guilt is implied by the author and narrator. In fact Franz Kafka superimposes his autistic guilt onto the protagonists of his stories which has the effect that the causal mechanisms behind the guilt felt by the protagonists cannot be discerned from events within the story. 2017 May 16, Jerry Stuger, “Kafka and Autism. The Undisclosed Logic Behind Kafka’s Work”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 47, →DOI, pages 2336–2347:
   • He superimposed the company logo over the image.
2. To establish a structural system over, independently of underlying structures.

Forms

Deriveds

unsuperimposed · superimposer · superimposability · resuperimposed · superimposable

Relateds

impose

Synonyms

superpose · overlay

Translations (32)

de überblenden (to place an object over another object) · ru накла́дывать (to place an object over another object) · de über etwas legen (to place an object over another object) · fi laittaa päälle (to place an object over another object) · de aufsetzen (to place an object over another object) · de vorblenden (to place an object over another object) · de einblenden (to place an object over another object) · de daraufsetzen (to place an object over another object) · de darübersetzen (to place an object over another object) · bg налагам (to place an object over another object) · es superponer (to place an object over another object) · la superimpōnō (to place an object over another object) · fr superposer (to place an object over another object) · pl nakładać (to place an object over another object) · bg слагам отгоре (to place an object over another object) · de über etwas setzen (to place an object over another object) · de überlagern (to place an object over another object) · uk наклада́ти (to place an object over another object) · ru наложи́ть (to place an object over another object) · es superimponer (to place an object over another object) · uk накла́сти (to place an object over another object) · de auflegen (to place an object over another object) · pl nawarstwić (to place an object over another object) · ca superposar (to place an object over another object) · de auf etwas setzen (to place an object over another object) · cmn 堆叠 (to place an object over another object) · it sovrapporre (to place an object over another object) · cmn 叠放 (to place an object over another object) · de darüberlegen (to place an object over another object) · de einkopieren (to place an object over another object) · pl nawarstwiać (to place an object over another object) · pl nałożyć (to place an object over another object)