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contra

1

[ kon-truh ]

preposition

  1. against; in opposition or contrast to:

    Consider the problems of the teenager contra those of the adult.



adverb

  1. contrariwise; on or to the contrary.

contra-

2
  1. a prefix meaning “against,†“opposite,†“opposingâ€:

    contradistinction, contraindicate.

contra

3

[ kon-truh; Spanish kawn-trah ]

noun

plural contras
  1. (often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.

contra-

4
  1. a prefix meaning “pitched lower than†the voice or instrument specified by the following element:

    contralto, contrabassoon.

contra-

prefix

  1. against; contrary; opposing; contrasting

    contraceptive

    contradistinction

  2. (in music) pitched below

    contrabass

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of contra1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô³Ù°ùÄå

Origin of contra2

< Late Latin, Latin, prefixal use of adverb and preposition ³¦´Ç²Ô³Ù°ùÄå

Origin of contra3

First recorded in 1980–85; from Central American Spanish, shortening of contrarrevolucionario “c´Ç³Ü²Ô³Ù±ð°ù°ù±ð±¹´Ç±ô³Ü³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô²¹°ù²ââ€

Origin of contra4

< Italian < Latin; contra- 1( def ), counterpoint
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of contra1

from Latin, from ³¦´Ç²Ô³Ù°ùÄå against
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Perhaps it’s because the public so readily gives a pass to Republicans that we have endured scandals like Iran/Contra and the invasion of Iraq, affairs in which dishonesty and illegality have been conjoined with epic incompetence.

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In California, the 62 organizations and nonprofit groups that saw cuts include the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, which lost a $155,000 grant for a project to provide food to communities in need in Vallejo, and the Community Water Center, a nonprofit focused on clean drinking water in the San Joaquin Valley, which lost a $20-million grant for an environmental justice program.

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The San Pablo Police Department, in Contra Costa County, recently notified the community about a blue package labeled “You are being deported†with an image of the American flag in the shape of the United States.

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Contra Thoreau, they all seem interested less in living life deliberately than deliberately avoiding life.

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In 2023, 36-year-old Daniel Ramirez Gutierrez was accused of 19 counts of sexual assault of two children and one adult in San Luis Obispo and Contra Costa counties.

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