"on the contrary" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. (conjunctive) Opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed. Tags: conjunctive Synonyms: contrariwise Synonyms (opposite of what had earlier been assumed): au contraire, if anything, far from it Related terms: to the contrary Translations (opposite): τοὐναντίον (tounantíon) (Ancient Greek), عَلَى الْعَكْس (ʕalā l-ʕaks) (Arabic), بِالْعَكْس (bi-l-ʕaks) (Arabic), بالعكس (bi-l-ʕaks) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), بالعكس (be-l-ʕaks) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), אַדְּרַבָּה (ʾaddərabbā) (Aramaic), ընդհակառակը (əndhakaṙakə) (Armenian), al contrariu (Asturian), əksinə (Azerbaijani), киреһенсә (kirehensə) (Bashkir), наадваро́т (naadvarót) (Belarusian), напро́тив (naprótiv) (Bulgarian), contràriament (Catalan), al contrari (Catalan), per contra (Catalan), 反而 (fǎn'ér) (Chinese Mandarin), 相反 (xiāngfǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 反之 (fǎnzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), 與此相反 (Chinese Mandarin), 与此相反 (yǔcǐxiāngfǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), naopak (Czech), tværtimod (Danish), integendeel (Dutch), даже мӧҥгешла (daže möŋgešla) (Eastern Mari), мӧҥгешла (möŋgešla) (Eastern Mari), kontraŭe (Esperanto), tvørturímóti (Faroese), harafturímóti (Faroese), päinvastoin (Finnish), kun taas (Finnish), pikemminkin (Finnish), toisin (Finnish), sitä vastoin (Finnish), au contraire (French), ao contrario (Galician), im Gegenteil (German), αντίθετα (antítheta) (Greek), okontrè (Haitian Creole), אִיפְּכָא מִסְתַּבְּרָא (ípkha mistábra) (Hebrew), אַדְּרַבָּה (adrabá) (Hebrew), נַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא (nahafókh hú) (Hebrew), לְהֶפֶךְ (lehéfkh) (Hebrew), ellenkezőleg (Hungarian), þvert á móti (Icelandic), al contrario (Italian), anzi (Italian), それどころか (soredokoroka) (Japanese), 오히려 (ohiryeo) (Korean), immō (Latin), contrāriō (Latin), ē contrāriō (Latin), am Géigendeel (Luxembourgish), kāhore (Maori), ehara (Maori), ehara tonu (Maori), engari (Maori), tvert om (Norwegian Bokmål), tvert imot (Norwegian Bokmål), tvert om (Norwegian Nynorsk), przeciwnie (Polish), wręcz przeciwnie (Polish), ao contrário (Portuguese), pelo contrário (Portuguese), dimpotrivă (Romanian), din contră (Romanian), наоборо́т (naoborót) (Russian), напро́тив (naprótiv) (Russian), dapače (Serbo-Croatian), upravo suprotno (Serbo-Croatian), naopak (Slovak), al contrario (Spanish), por el contrario (Spanish), tvärtom (Swedish), навпаки́ (navpaký) (Ukrainian), اس کے برخلاف (īs key barḵelāf) (Urdu), aksincha (Uzbek), estô (Walloon), אַדרבא (aderabe) (Yiddish), להיפּוך (leheypekh) (Yiddish), פֿאַרקערט (farkert) (Yiddish), פּונקט פֿאַרקערט (punkt farkert) (Yiddish)
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "opposite",
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          "roman": "fǎn'ér",
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          "word": "反而"
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          "code": "da",
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          "roman": "ípkha mistábra",
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          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "adrabá",
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          "code": "is",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "sense": "opposite",
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "opposite",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "opposite",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "ehara tonu"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "engari"
        },
        {
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "daže möŋgešla",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "даже мӧҥгешла"
        },
        {
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "möŋgešla",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "мӧҥгешла"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "tvert om"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "opposite",
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "tvert om"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "przeciwnie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "wręcz przeciwnie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "ao contrário"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "pelo contrário"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "dimpotrivă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "din contră"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naoborót",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "наоборо́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naprótiv",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "напро́тив"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "dapače"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "upravo suprotno"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "naopak"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "al contrario"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "por el contrario"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "tvärtom"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "navpaký",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "навпаки́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "īs key barḵelāf",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "اس کے برخلاف"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "aksincha"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "estô"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "aderabe",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "אַדרבא"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "leheypekh",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "להיפּוך"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "farkert",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "פֿאַרקערט"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "punkt farkert",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "פּונקט פֿאַרקערט"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "on the contrary"
}
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        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Aramaic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Asturian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
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        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Eastern Mari translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Haitian Creole translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Luxembourgish translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations",
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        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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        "Terms with Uzbek translations",
        "Terms with Walloon translations",
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          "ref": "2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times:",
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      "roman": "ʕalā l-ʕaks",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "opposite",
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      "sense": "opposite",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "əndhakaṙakə",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "ընդհակառակը"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "al contrariu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "əksinə"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kirehensə",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "киреһенсә"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "naadvarót",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "наадваро́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naprótiv",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "напро́тив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "contràriament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "al contrari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "per contra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎn'ér",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "反而"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāngfǎn",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "相反"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnzhī",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "反之"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "與此相反"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔcǐxiāngfǎn",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "与此相反"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "naopak"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "tværtimod"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "integendeel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "kontraŭe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "tvørturímóti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "harafturímóti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "päinvastoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "kun taas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "pikemminkin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "toisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "sitä vastoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "au contraire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "ao contrario"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "im Gegenteil"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antítheta",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "αντίθετα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tounantíon",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "τοὐναντίον"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "okontrè"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ípkha mistábra",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "אִיפְּכָא מִסְתַּבְּרָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "adrabá",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "אַדְּרַבָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nahafókh hú",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "נַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lehéfkh",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "לְהֶפֶךְ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "ellenkezőleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "þvert á móti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "al contrario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "anzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "soredokoroka",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "それどころか"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ohiryeo",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "오히려"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "immō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "contrāriō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "ē contrāriō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "am Géigendeel"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "kāhore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "ehara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "ehara tonu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "engari"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "daže möŋgešla",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "даже мӧҥгешла"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "möŋgešla",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "мӧҥгешла"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "tvert om"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "tvert imot"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "tvert om"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "przeciwnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "wręcz przeciwnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "ao contrário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "pelo contrário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "dimpotrivă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "din contră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naoborót",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "наоборо́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naprótiv",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "напро́тив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "dapače"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "upravo suprotno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "naopak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "al contrario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "por el contrario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "tvärtom"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "navpaký",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "навпаки́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "īs key barḵelāf",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "اس کے برخلاف"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "aksincha"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "estô"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "aderabe",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "אַדרבא"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "leheypekh",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "להיפּוך"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farkert",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "פֿאַרקערט"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "punkt farkert",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "פּונקט פֿאַרקערט"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the contrary"
}

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