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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Contraries (0.00824 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Contraries.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: contrary sebaliknya
English → English (WordNet) Definition: contrary contrary adj 1: very opposed in nature or character or purpose; “acts contrary to our code of ethics”; “the facts point to a contrary conclusion” 2: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms" 3: resistant to guidance or discipline; “Mary Mary quite contrary”; “an obstinate child with a violent temper”; “a perverse mood”; “wayward behavior” [syn: obstinate, perverse, wayward] 4: in an opposing direction; “adverse currents”; “a contrary wind” [syn: adverse] n 1: a relation of direct opposition; “we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true” [syn: reverse, opposite] 2: exact opposition; “public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty” 3: two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
English → English (gcide) Definition: Contraries Contraries \Con"tra*ries\ (? or ?; 48), n. pl. [Pl. of Contrary, n.] (Logic) Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other. [1913 Webster] If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] Contrary \Con"tra*ry\, n.; pl. Contraries. 1. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities. [1913 Webster] No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An opponent; an enemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 4. (Logic) See Contraries. [1913 Webster] On the contrary, in opposition; on the other hand. --Swift. To the contrary, to an opposite purpose or intent; on the other side. “They did it, not for want of instruction to the contrary.” --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: contrary sebaliknya
English → English (WordNet) Definition: contrary contrary adj 1: very opposed in nature or character or purpose; “acts contrary to our code of ethics”; “the facts point to a contrary conclusion” 2: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms" 3: resistant to guidance or discipline; “Mary Mary quite contrary”; “an obstinate child with a violent temper”; “a perverse mood”; “wayward behavior” [syn: obstinate, perverse, wayward] 4: in an opposing direction; “adverse currents”; “a contrary wind” [syn: adverse] n 1: a relation of direct opposition; “we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true” [syn: reverse, opposite] 2: exact opposition; “public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty” 3: two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
English → English (gcide) Definition: Contraries Contraries \Con"tra*ries\ (? or ?; 48), n. pl. [Pl. of Contrary, n.] (Logic) Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other. [1913 Webster] If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] Contrary \Con"tra*ry\, n.; pl. Contraries. 1. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities. [1913 Webster] No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An opponent; an enemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 4. (Logic) See Contraries. [1913 Webster] On the contrary, in opposition; on the other hand. --Swift. To the contrary, to an opposite purpose or intent; on the other side. “They did it, not for want of instruction to the contrary.” --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
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