[…] it is useless to pray “Thy kingdom come” and vote contra or stay away from the polls; […]
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Contra
//ˈkɒntɹə//
Synonyms for "contra" (101 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (50)
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1 entrieshas context
6 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
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Translations
46 translations across 14 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- ضد adv (contrary to something)
- ضِد adv (contrary to something)
- عكس adv (contrary to something)
- عَلَى اَلنَّقِيض مِن adv (contrary to something)
Bulgarian
3 entries- наопаки adv (contrary to something)
- напротив adv (contrary to something)
- против prep (against, contrary or opposed to)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 康特拉 noun (guerrilla groups)
Dutch
1 entries- contrarekening noun ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry)
Finnish
4 entries- contra noun (guerrilla groups)
- vasta noun ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry)
- vastakirjaus noun ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry)
- vastatili noun ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry)
German
4 entries- contra adv (contrary to something)
- entgegengesetzt adv (contrary to something)
- gegen adv (contrary to something)
- gegengesetzt adv (contrary to something)
Latin
1 entries- contrā prep (against, contrary or opposed to)
Old English
1 entries- aġēn prep (against, contrary or opposed to)
Persian
1 entries- کنترا noun (guerrilla groups)
Polish
3 entries- wbrew adv (contrary to something)
- but see konto wykluczające inne konto noun ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry)
- kontra prep (against, contrary or opposed to)
Romanian
2 entries- contra adv (contrary to something)
- împotrivă adv (contrary to something)
Spanish
1 entries- contra noun (guerrilla groups)
Swedish
1 entries- kontra prep (against, contrary or opposed to)
Tagalog
1 entries- kontra prep (against, contrary or opposed to)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
a contra position; a contra entry
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The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column.
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Folk histories record that contras were gradually displaced by the introduction of the quadrille and the new couple dances.
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