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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: anti- prefix - against; opposing: anticlerical, antisocial
- opposite to: anticlimax, antimere
- rival; false: antipope
- counteracting, inhibiting, or neutralizing: antifreeze, antihistamine
- designating the antiparticle of the particle specified: antineutron
Etymology: from Greek anti an•ti /ˈæntaɪ, ˈænti/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -tis. - a person opposed:We have many supporters and a few antis.
anti-, prefix. anti- is attached to nouns and adjectives and means: against, opposed to:anti-Semitic, antislavery.preventing, counteracting, or working against:anticoagulant, antifreeze.destroying or disabling:antiaircraft, antipersonnel.identical to in form or function, but lacking in some important ways:anticlimax, antihero, antiparticle.an antagonist or rival of:Antichrist, antipope.situated opposite:Anti-Lebanon. Also, before a vowel, ant-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•ti (an′tī, an′tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tis. - a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- by shortening of words prefixed with anti- 1780–90
- Physics, a prefix meaning "against,'' "opposite of,'' "antiparticle of,'' used in the formation of compound words (anticline);
used freely in combination with elements of any origin (antibody;
antifreeze;
antiknock;
antilepton). Also, before a vowel, ant-.
- Greek, prefixal use of antí; akin to Sanskrit ánti opposite, Latin ante, Middle Dutch ende ( Dutch en and), English an- in answer. Cf. ante-, and
- Latin
- Middle English
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