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Meaning of on the contrary | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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Opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed; to the contrary.

conjunctive

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العربية بالعكس بالعكس عَلَى العَكْس

Azərbaycanca əksinə

Беларуская наадварот

Български напротив

Bosanski naprotiv nasuprot nasuprot напротив насупрот насупрот

Català al contrari contràriament

Čeština naopak

Dansk tværtimod

Deutsch doch im Gegenteil oja vielmehr wohl

Ελληνικά αντίθετα αντίθετα απεναντίας

Esperanto kontraŭe

Español a contrarruta a la inversa al contrario por el contrario por la inversa

Suomi kun taas päinvastoin päinvastoin pikemminkin pikemminkin sitä vastoin toisin

Français au contraire

Galego ao contrario en troques

עברית אַדְּרַבָּה אדרבה איפכא מסתברא לְהֶפֶךְ נַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא

Hrvatski naprotiv nasuprot nasuprot дапаче напротив насупрот насупрот

Magyar ellenkezőleg

Bahasa Indonesia sebaliknya

Italiano al contrario anzi

日本語これに反しそれどころか却って逆に

한국어 오히려

Kurdî bîlakis halbûkî

Latina a contrario autem contrario immo rursus

Nederlands integendeel

Polski na odwrót nawzder odwrotnie odwrotnie przeciwnie przeciwnie wręcz przeciwnie

Português ao contrário pelo contrário

Română dimpotrivă din contră

Русский наоборо́т напротив

Српски naprotiv nasuprot nasuprot напротив насупрот насупрот

Svenska tvärtom

Türkçe bilakis hâlbuki

Українська навпаки

اردو اس کے برخلاف

Oʻzbekcha aksincha

Tiếng Việt còn ngược lại trái lại

Examples

“Even if they managed to strike Japan, the United States or South Korea with nuclear weapons — a big if, given that they do not have a reliable delivery system — they could not save themselves from ultimate defeat. On the contrary, the use of nuclear or other terror weapons would be certain to invite overwhelming retaliation, delivering North Korea’s decision makers to a fiery oblivion.”

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