"anti-clockwise" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/ [UK], /ˌæn.tɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/ [US] Audio: en-us-anticlockwise.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 anticlockwise.ogg [Australia] Forms: anti-clockwise [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
enPR: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz [US] Etymology: anti- + clockwise Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|anti|clockwise}} anti- + clockwise Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is done anti-clockwise, it is done in in the opposite direction of clockwise. Synonyms: counterclockwise, counter-clockwise
    Sense id: simple-anti-clockwise-en-adj-cCdFxjRe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with anti-

Adverb

IPA: /ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/ [UK], /ˌæn.tɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/ [US] Audio: en-us-anticlockwise.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 anticlockwise.ogg [Australia]
enPR: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz [US] Etymology: anti- + clockwise Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|anti|clockwise}} anti- + clockwise
  1. If you turn anti-clockwise, you turn in the opposite direction of clockwise. Synonyms: counterclockwise, counter-clockwise
    Sense id: simple-anti-clockwise-en-adv-IBC7v-ci
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with anti-
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