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antidrop

antidrop adjective: preventing or counteracting a drop in body temperature.

Adjective

antidrop (not comparable)

  1. Preventing or counteracting a drop in body temperature.
    Antonyms:
    antirise
  2. A point in a song where a drop would be expected, but that defies usual expectations, often being lower in energy than expected.
  3. (informal) (of a language) Tending not to omit personal pronouns.
    Antonyms:
    prodrop

Antonyms of antidrop

Forms of antidrop

alternative formanti-drop

Origin of antidrop

From anti- + drop. In the linguistics sense, the prefix pro- (from pronoun) is reinterpreted as having its usual sense ("in favor of", etc.)

Questions about antidrop

What does antidrop mean?
Antidrop means preventing or counteracting a drop in body temperature.
What part of speech is antidrop?
Antidrop is an adjective.

Words near antidrop in the dictionary

  1. antidromicity
  2. antidromous
  3. antidromy
  4. antidrone
  5. antidrones
  6. antidrop
  7. antidropsical
  8. antidrought
  9. antidrug
  10. antidrugs
  11. antidualism

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