Contra

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • preposition. In contrast or opposition to; against.
  • ad. In opposition to something stated or expected; to the contrary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • preposition. against; contrary or opposed to
  • ad. to the contrary to something
  • n. a deal to swap goods or services
  • n. an entry that cancels another entry
  • n. any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass
  • n. contra dance
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. counter, adv. & pref.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A Latin adverb and preposition (and prefix), meaning ‘against,’ ‘over against,’ ‘opposite,’ ‘in front of,’ orig. ‘in comparison with’: used in the phrase per contra, and, abbreviated, in pro and con; also in various legal phrases, as contra bonos mores; usually as a prefix in words taken from the Latin or Romance languages, or formed analogously in English. In introducing a legal citation it means ‘to the contrary.’ See contra-.
  • A prefix of Latin origin, meaning ‘against,’ ‘over against,’ ‘opposite’; doublet of counter-. See contra and counter-.
  • n. The contrary or opposite side or thing: in bookkeeping, the opposite side or column of an account; especially the right-hand or credit side (in which appear the items against the person whose books are kept).
  • n. In organ-building, in the names of stops, indicating a stop whose tones are an octave below the pitch of the keys used: as, contragamba, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Nicaraguan   
    Variant
    counter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    entre   
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