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as opposed to

as opposed to preposition: in contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept.

Preposition

as opposed to

  1. In contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept.
    Synonyms:
    as against

as opposed to meaning in Malayalam and Arabic

as opposed to in Malayalam

as against, in contrast with, as contrasted with
താരതമ്യേന, പകരം, പ്രത്യുത, അതിൽകൂടുതൽ, ബദലായി, തൽസ്ഥാനത്ത്

as opposed to in Arabic

in contrast to
فِي مُقَابِل fī muqābil, عَلَى نَقْيِض ʕalā naqyiḍ, بَدَلًا مِن badalan min

Synonyms of as opposed to

Questions about as opposed to

What does as opposed to mean?
As opposed to means in contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept.
What is as opposed to in Malayalam?
As opposed to in Malayalam is താരതമ്യേന, പകരം, പ്രത്യുത. See As opposed to meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is as opposed to?
As opposed to is a preposition.

Words near as opposed to in the dictionary

  1. as one
  2. as one does
  3. as one door closes, another opens
  4. as one man
  5. as oppose to
  6. as opposed to
  7. as per
  8. as per the usual
  9. as per usual
  10. as per your request
  11. as poor as Job

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: as opposed to (page history and authors); as opposed to (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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