Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To place in contraposition.

    Near-synonym: juxtapose

    противопоставлятьprotivopostavljatʹ, противопоставитьprotivopostavitʹ, приводить в качестве контрпримераprivoditʹ v kačestve kontrprimera

  2. (intransitive)To contrast with, or form an opposite to, something.

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
(logic) To place in contraposition:

Origin

From French contraposer.

From French contraposer.

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Forms

contraposes, contraposing, contraposed, contraposed
Base formcontrapose · to contrapose
3rd person singularcontraposes
Present participlecontraposing
Past simplecontraposed
Past participlecontraposed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycontrapose
he, she, itcontraposes

Past simpleLesson

all personscontraposed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave contraposed
he, she, ithas contraposed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill contrapose

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
contrapose — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto