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contra
1[ kon-truh ]
preposition
- against; in opposition or contrast to:
Consider the problems of the teenager contra those of the adult.
adverb
- contrariwise; on or to the contrary.
contra-
2- a prefix meaning “against,” “opposite,” “opposing”:
contradistinction, contraindicate.
contra
3[ kon-truh; Spanish kawn-trah ]
noun
- (often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
contra-
4- a prefix meaning “pitched lower than” the voice or instrument specified by the following element:
contralto, contrabassoon.
contra-
prefix
- against; contrary; opposing; contrasting
contraceptive
contradistinction
- (in music) pitched below
contrabass
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Example Sentences
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.
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.
Contra Thoreau, they all seem interested less in living life deliberately than deliberately avoiding life.
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.
The water agencies that registered concerns include agricultural suppliers such as Glenn Colusa Irrigation District and municipal suppliers such as Contra Costa Water District.
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