Meaning of Antipodes | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
   uncountable
2. The Southern Hemisphere.
   uncountable
3. Australia and New Zealand.
   UK, archaic, uncountable
4. The opposite of something.
   broadly, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We should hold⟳ day with the Antipodes, If you would walk⟳ in absence of the sun.”

“[…]a delighted shout⟳ from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise⟳. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like⟳ you, Philip, to come⟳ strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.”

“The sleepy yet shrewd judge⟳ was the antipodes to confidence, but to Don Manuel he felt no hesitation in frankly stating his actions and their motives, from his first arrival in Spain to the present⟳ time.”

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