combining form
1 (in nouns, verbs and adjectives) against; opposite:
contraflow * contradict
2 (in nouns) (music) having a PITCH an OCTAVE below:
a contra-bassoon
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for contra- is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does contra- appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — contra- appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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