"contrapose" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: contraposes [present, singular, third-person], contraposing [participle, present], contraposed [participle, past], contraposed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from contraposition. Etymology templates: {{m|en|contraposition}} contraposition Head templates: {{en-verb}} contrapose (third-person singular simple present contraposes, present participle contraposing, simple past and past participle contraposed)
  1. (transitive, logic) To place in contraposition. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Logic Translations ((logic) To place in contraposition): противопоставлять (protivopostavljatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), противопоставить (protivopostavitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), приводить в качестве контрпримера (privoditʹ v kačestve kontrprimera) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-contrapose-en-verb-Y~b-0NqY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of '(logic) To place in contraposition': 99 1
  2. (intransitive) To contrast with, or form an opposite to, something. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-contrapose-en-verb-suVLkDig

Inflected forms

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