"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), אדרבא (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), 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 (Hebrew), אַדְּרַבָּה (ad'rabá) (Hebrew), נַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא (nahafókh' hu) (Hebrew), לְהֶפֶךְ (l'hefékh') (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), 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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          "word": "þvert á móti"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "anzi"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "soredokoroka",
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          "word": "それどころか"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ohiryeo",
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          "word": "오히려"
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          "code": "la",
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          "word": "immō"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "contrāriō"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "ē contrāriō"
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          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "am Géigendeel"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "kāhore"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "ehara"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "ehara tonu"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "engari"
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "opposite",
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          "sense": "opposite",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "przeciwnie"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "wręcz przeciwnie"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "ao contrário"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "pelo contrário"
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "opposite",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "naoborót",
          "sense": "opposite",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "naprótiv",
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          "word": "напро́тив"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "dapače"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "opposite",
          "word": "upravo suprotno"
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      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "be-l-ʕaks",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "بالعكس"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "אדרבא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "əndhakaṙakə",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "ընդհակառակը"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "אִיפְּכָא מִסְתַּבְּרָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ad'rabá",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "אַדְּרַבָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nahafókh' hu",
      "sense": "opposite",
      "word": "נַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "l'hefékh'",
      "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": "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": "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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