See as opposed to in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prep"
},
"expansion": "as opposed to",
"name": "en-head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English phrasal prepositions",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English prepositions",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept."
],
"id": "en-as_opposed_to-en-prep-Kr6mO84e",
"links": [
[
"In contrast to",
"in contrast to"
],
[
"rather than",
"rather than"
],
[
"instead of",
"instead of"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "as against"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "fī muqābil",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "فِي مُقَابِل"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ʕalā naqyiḍ",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "عَلَى نَقْيِض"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "badalan min",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "بَدَلًا مِن"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "arz",
"roman": "ʕalaa naqyiḍ",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "على نقيض"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "arz",
"roman": "fi muqabel",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "في مقابل"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "yǔ ... bùtóng",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "與...不同 /与...不同"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "in tegenstelling tot"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "toisin kuin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "par opposition à"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "gansxvavebit",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "განსხვავებით"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "im Gegensatz zu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "im Unterschied zu"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "kat’ antidiastolí pros",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "κατ’ αντιδιαστολή προς"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "se antidiastolí pros",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "σε αντιδιαστολή προς"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "se antíthesi me",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "σε αντίθεση με"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "szembeállítva"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "öfugt við"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "í ósamræmi við"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "seachas"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "murab ionann is"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "invece di"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "ni taishite",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "に対して"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "e bigyohayeo",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "에 비교하여"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "e daehayeo",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "에 대하여"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "bodaneun",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "보다는"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "priešingai nei"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "i motsetning til"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "til forskjell fra"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "w przeciwieństwie do"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "em vez de"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "în contrast cu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "spre deosebire de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "en contraposición a"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "a diferencia de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "en oposición a"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "till skillnad från"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-as-opposed-to.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-us-as-opposed-to.ogg/En-us-as-opposed-to.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-us-as-opposed-to.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "as opposed to"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prep"
},
"expansion": "as opposed to",
"name": "en-head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal prepositions",
"English prepositions",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Lithuanian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"glosses": [
"In contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept."
],
"links": [
[
"In contrast to",
"in contrast to"
],
[
"rather than",
"rather than"
],
[
"instead of",
"instead of"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "as against"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-as-opposed-to.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-us-as-opposed-to.ogg/En-us-as-opposed-to.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-us-as-opposed-to.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "fī muqābil",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "فِي مُقَابِل"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ʕalā naqyiḍ",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "عَلَى نَقْيِض"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "badalan min",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "بَدَلًا مِن"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "arz",
"roman": "ʕalaa naqyiḍ",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "على نقيض"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "arz",
"roman": "fi muqabel",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "في مقابل"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "yǔ ... bùtóng",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "與...不同 /与...不同"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "in tegenstelling tot"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "toisin kuin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "par opposition à"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "gansxvavebit",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "განსხვავებით"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "im Gegensatz zu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "im Unterschied zu"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "kat’ antidiastolí pros",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "κατ’ αντιδιαστολή προς"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "se antidiastolí pros",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "σε αντιδιαστολή προς"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "se antíthesi me",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "σε αντίθεση με"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "szembeállítva"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "öfugt við"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "í ósamræmi við"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "seachas"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "murab ionann is"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "invece di"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "ni taishite",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "に対して"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "e bigyohayeo",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "에 비교하여"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "e daehayeo",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "에 대하여"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "e daehayeo",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "에 대하여"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "bodaneun",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "보다는"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "priešingai nei"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "i motsetning til"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "til forskjell fra"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "w przeciwieństwie do"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "em vez de"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "în contrast cu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "spre deosebire de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "en contraposición a"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "a diferencia de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "en oposición a"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "in contrast to",
"word": "till skillnad från"
}
],
"word": "as opposed to"
}
Download raw JSONL data for as opposed to meaning in English (6.3kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.