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contraposes

contraposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contrapose.

Meaning of contrapose

Verb

contrapose (third-person singular simple present contraposes, present participle contraposing, simple past and past participle contraposed)

  1. (transitive) To place in contraposition.
    • Near-synonym: juxtapose
  2. (intransitive) To contrast with, or form an opposite to, something.
    • At such moments, King was contraposed against the more frightening threat, his symbolism making the radicalism of the other party all the more apparent.1999, Richard Lentz, Symbols, the News Magazines, and Martin Luther King, →ISBN, page 119

Questions about contraposes

What is contraposes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Contraposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contrapose.

Words near contraposes in the dictionary

  1. contraplex
  2. contrapolar
  3. contraponend
  4. contrapose
  5. contraposed
  6. contraposes
  7. contraposing
  8. contraposition
  9. contrapositions
  10. contrapositive
  11. contrapositively

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