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{
"term": "contrary",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "different from something; against something",
"sensetop": "contrary to something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Contrary to popular belief**, many cats dislike milk."
},
{
"text": "The government has decided that the publication of the report would be ‘contrary to the public interest’."
},
{
"text": "Contrary to expectations and the weather forecast, we had a fine day for the experiment."
},
{
"text": "Contrary to popular belief, the economy is doing well."
},
{
"text": "Contrary to what the public was told, weapons were still being exported."
},
{
"text": "It seems contrary to common sense."
},
{
"text": "The new claim is directly contrary to what was originally stated."
},
{
"text": "These results run contrary to our expectations."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "run", "seem"],
"adverb": ["completely", "directly", "entirely"],
"preposition": ["to"],
"phrases": ["contrary to expectations", "contrary to popular belief"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "completely different in nature or direction",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**contrary advice/opinions/arguments**"
},
{
"text": "The contrary view is that prison provides an excellent education—in crime."
},
{
"text": "Despite all the contrary evidence, they still believed that the Earth was flat."
},
{
"text": "My own experience is completely contrary."
}
],
"synonyms": "opposite"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɒntrəri/",
"audio": "xc/contrary/xcontrary__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːntreri/",
"audio": "xc/contrary/xcontrary__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French contrarie, from Latin contrarius, from contra ‘against’."
}