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English
Pronunciation
Preposition
as opposed to
- in contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept.
- Synonym: as against
Translations
in contrast to
- Arabic: فِي مُقَابِل (fī muqābil), عَلَى نَقْيِض (ʕalā naqyiḍ), بَدَلًا مِن (badalan min)
- Egyptian Arabic: على نقيض (ʕalaa naqyiḍ), في مقابل (fi muqabel)
- Dutch: in tegenstelling tot
- Finnish: toisin kuin (fi)
- French: par opposition à (fr)
- Georgian: განსხვავებით (gansxvavebit)
- German: im Gegensatz zu, im Unterschied zu
- Greek: κατ' αντιδιαστολή προς (kat' antidiastolí pros), σε αντιδιαστολή προς (se antidiastolí pros), σε αντίθεση με (se antíthesi me)
- Hungarian: szembeállítva
- Icelandic: öfugt við, í ósamræmi við
- Irish: seachas, murab ionann is
- Italian: invece di
- Japanese: に対して (ni taishite)
- Korean: 에 비교하여 (e bigyohayeo), 에 대하여 (e daehayeo), 에 대하여 (e daehayeo), 보다는 (bodaneun)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: i motsetning til (no), til forskjell fra
- Polish: w przeciwieństwie do (pl)
- Portuguese: em vez de (pt)
- Romanian: în contrast cu
- Spanish: por oposición a
- Swedish: till skillnad från (sv)
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