contran.²

Brit.

/ˈkɒntrə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑntrə/

Forms: Also Contra

Etymology: < Spanish, abbreviation of contrarrevolucionario counter-revolutionary. Compare contra prep., adv., and n.¹

In Nicaraguan politics, a counter-revolutionary; spec., a member of the forces opposing the Sandinista government: see Sandinista n. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > Central and South American politics > [noun] > specific partisans in Nicaragua

Sandinista1928

Sandinist1969

Somocist1978

Somocista1978

contra1981

1981 N.Y. Times 30 Dec. a4/3 The menace of the ‘contrarevolucionarios’ has become such an everyday subject that they too have been abbreviated, emerging as ‘contras.’

1983 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 May 14 Mr. Reagan was especially careful when it came to labelling the group (often called the contras, from the Latin for ‘against’) fighting against the Sandinist regime in Nicaragua.

1984 New Yorker 16 Jan. 31/3 When Nicaragua..announced a series of reforms this fall, Reagan and his men announced themselves..encouraged but not nearly pleased enough to cease encouraging the contras.

1985 USA Today 18 Oct. a4/1 Nicaragua's top ‘contra’ leaders condemned the Sandinista regime's suspension of civil rights.

1986 Listener 4 Dec. 5/1 Profits from the Iranian arms sales had been diverted to the Contras in Nicaragua in violation of a law banning military aid to the rebels.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

contraprep.adv.n.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɒntrə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑntrə/

Etymology: < Latin contrā adverb and preposition; in its origin the ablative case feminine of an obsolete adjective stem *cont(e)r- a comparative < com, con, preposition: compare citrā, extrā, intrā, ultrā, and English af-ter. For the sense compare Old English wið with, against, wiðer- against, equivalent to contra- in compounds, as in wiðer-sæcgan = contrā-dīcere. From philosophical and legal language, the Latin word has passed into a restricted English use.

A. prep.

a. Against. Chiefly in the phrase pro and contra (now generally abbreviated to con), ‘for and against’ (the motion, proposal, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > affirmation and denial > [phrase]

contra1480

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccliii.* 327 A grete altercacyon among wryters of this mater pro and contra.

?a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Sheep & Dog l. 1218 in Poems (1981) 50 Contra et pro, strait argumentis thay resolue.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 52 In questionis baith in Contra and Pro.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. K2^v See the subtilties of Aristotle, to take a matter both wayes, Pro & Contra, &c.

b. In this sense it is often elliptically taken as a n., and may have a plural.

ΚΠ

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1756/2 After much pro and contra, they al consented.

1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. G7^v His whole life is spent in Pro & Contra.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells vi. 351 And Pro's and Contra's, not to be refuted.

1884 Athenæum 23 Aug. 230/2 He weighs carefully the pros and the contras.

†2. Against. Scottish. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 13 Nov. (1855) 92 For doeing of executione contra onie persone quhatsumever.

B. adv.

a. On the contrary, to the contrary, contrariwise.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > on the contrary

thereagaina1023

here-againc1200

here-againsta1250

contra1362

againwardc1384

otherwisea1393

on the contrary (formerly by, for, in, of, to the contrary, in contrary)1393

thereagainsta1400

in the contrairc1400

in opposite?a1425

e conversoc1425

contrariwise1480

again?1531

contrarilyc1540

contrary1549

per contra1554

contrariways1588

contradistinctly1623

by or to the contrair1640

counter1662

oppositely1681

on the reverse1753

e contra1815

obversely1869

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ix. 16 ‘Contra’, quod I as a Clerk.

1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 63 If inserted, it does not conclude, but it may be proved contra, and the verdict may find it contra.

†b. as adj. Contrary. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 374 Contra tyde rynnand fra land to land.

C. n.¹

1. The contrary or opposite; in Book-keeping, the opposite side or column of an account; esp. the right-hand or credit side, in which the liabilities of the trader appear. Also transferred. per contra, Italian ‘over against, against, opposite’ (Florio), is commonly used in the sense ‘on the opposite side of the account, on the other hand, as a set-off’. See per prep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something

contraryc1386

reversec1405

the contraverse1480

nothing less?1520

contrariety1532

negative1532

oppositive1561

different1571

diameter1579

contrariwise1588

opposition1594

counterpoint1599

oppositea1616

other thing1628

antipodes1641

inverse1645

contra1648

contrast1754

converse1786

contrariant1848

antipole1856

obverse1862

antithetic1863

contradictory1874

antipathy-

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > account book > side or column

debitor1483

creditor1543

creditrice1588

contra1648

credit side1652

credit account1701

debtor1712

money column1738

red ink1917

1648 in S. R. Gardiner Hamilton Papers (1880) 176 He is satisfied and laboures the contra.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 82 The European beaver..displays the same manners and building propensities as its transatlantic brethren; and per contra, the thinly scattered beavers, near the settlements in America are solitary animals, dwelling in burrows like the scattered few along the Rhone.

1891 Mod. Commercial Usage We enclose acct. sale of wool, for the nett proceeds of which we credit you £… and, per contra, we debit you with the amount of your draft for £…

a. A thing which is against another; a crossing vein in a mine.

ΚΠ

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 105 All veins crossing each other, may be termed Contras in respect of each other.

b. Hence as v.

ΚΠ

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 318 When two Lodes run across, the one, or either of them with respect to the other, is called a Caunter, or Contra, for they run caunting, or contra-ing each other.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	contra
释义	contran.² Brit. /ˈkɒntrə/, U.S. /ˈkɑntrə/ Forms: Also Contra Etymology: < Spanish, abbreviation of contrarrevolucionario counter-revolutionary. Compare contra prep., adv., and n.¹ In Nicaraguan politics, a counter-revolutionary; spec., a member of the forces opposing the Sandinista government: see Sandinista n. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Central and South American politics > [noun] > specific partisans in Nicaragua Sandinista1928 Sandinist1969 Somocist1978 Somocista1978 contra1981 1981 N.Y. Times 30 Dec. a4/3 The menace of the ‘contrarevolucionarios’ has become such an everyday subject that they too have been abbreviated, emerging as ‘contras.’ 1983 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 May 14 Mr. Reagan was especially careful when it came to labelling the group (often called the contras, from the Latin for ‘against’) fighting against the Sandinist regime in Nicaragua. 1984 New Yorker 16 Jan. 31/3 When Nicaragua..announced a series of reforms this fall, Reagan and his men announced themselves..encouraged but not nearly pleased enough to cease encouraging the contras. 1985 USA Today 18 Oct. a4/1 Nicaragua's top ‘contra’ leaders condemned the Sandinista regime's suspension of civil rights. 1986 Listener 4 Dec. 5/1 Profits from the Iranian arms sales had been diverted to the Contras in Nicaragua in violation of a law banning military aid to the rebels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022). contraprep.adv.n.¹ Brit. /ˈkɒntrə/, U.S. /ˈkɑntrə/ Etymology: < Latin contrā adverb and preposition; in its origin the ablative case feminine of an obsolete adjective stem cont(e)r- a comparative < com, con, preposition: compare citrā, extrā, intrā, ultrā, and English af-ter. For the sense compare Old English wið* with, against, wiðer- against, equivalent to contra- in compounds, as in wiðer-sæcgan = contrā-dīcere. From philosophical and legal language, the Latin word has passed into a restricted English use. A. prep. 1. a. Against. Chiefly in the phrase pro and contra (now generally abbreviated to con), ‘for and against’ (the motion, proposal, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > affirmation and denial > [phrase] contra1480 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccliii.* 327 A grete altercacyon among wryters of this mater pro and contra. ?a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Sheep & Dog l. 1218 in Poems (1981) 50 Contra et pro, strait argumentis thay resolue. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 52 In questionis baith in Contra and Pro. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. K2^v See the subtilties of Aristotle, to take a matter both wayes, Pro & Contra, &c. View more context for this quotation b. In this sense it is often elliptically taken as a n., and may have a plural. ΚΠ 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1756/2 After much pro and contra, they al consented. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. G7^v His whole life is spent in Pro & Contra. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells vi. 351 And Pro's and Contra's, not to be refuted. 1884 Athenæum 23 Aug. 230/2 He weighs carefully the pros and the contras. †2. Against. Scottish. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 13 Nov. (1855) 92 For doeing of executione contra onie persone quhatsumever. B. adv. a. On the contrary, to the contrary, contrariwise. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > on the contrary thereagaina1023 here-againc1200 here-againsta1250 contra1362 againwardc1384 otherwisea1393 on the contrary (formerly by, for, in, of, to the contrary, in contrary)1393 thereagainsta1400 in the contrairc1400 in opposite?a1425 e conversoc1425 contrariwise1480 again?1531 contrarilyc1540 contrary1549 per contra1554 contrariways1588 contradistinctly1623 by or to the contrair1640 counter1662 oppositely1681 on the reverse1753 e contra1815 obversely1869 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ix. 16 ‘Contra’, quod I as a Clerk. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 63 If inserted, it does not conclude, but it may be proved contra, and the verdict may find it contra. †b. as adj. Contrary. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 374 Contra tyde rynnand fra land to land. C. n.¹ 1. The contrary or opposite; in Book-keeping, the opposite side or column of an account; esp. the right-hand or credit side, in which the liabilities of the trader appear. Also transferred. per contra, Italian ‘over against, against, opposite’ (Florio), is commonly used in the sense ‘on the opposite side of the account, on the other hand, as a set-off’. See per prep. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something contraryc1386 reversec1405 the contraverse1480 nothing less?1520 contrariety1532 negative1532 oppositive1561 different1571 diameter1579 contrariwise1588 opposition1594 counterpoint1599 oppositea1616 other thing1628 antipodes1641 inverse1645 contra1648 contrast1754 converse1786 contrariant1848 antipole1856 obverse1862 antithetic1863 contradictory1874 antipathy- society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > account book > side or column debitor1483 creditor1543 creditrice1588 contra1648 credit side1652 credit account1701 debtor1712 money column1738 red ink1917 1648 in S. R. Gardiner Hamilton Papers (1880) 176 He is satisfied and laboures the contra. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 82 The European beaver..displays the same manners and building propensities as its transatlantic brethren; and per contra, the thinly scattered beavers, near the settlements in America are solitary animals, dwelling in burrows like the scattered few along the Rhone. 1891 Mod. Commercial Usage We enclose acct. sale of wool, for the nett proceeds of which we credit you £… and, per contra, we debit you with the amount of your draft for £… 2. a. A thing which is against another; a crossing vein in a mine. ΚΠ 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 105 All veins crossing each other, may be termed Contras in respect of each other. b. Hence as v. ΚΠ 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 318 When two Lodes run across, the one, or either of them with respect to the other, is called a Caunter, or Contra, for they run caunting, or contra-ing each other. 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