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  2. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.

  3. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Its use as a synonym for Arab is considered controversial by some [who?]. are and our. Are is the second-person singular present and the first-, second-, and third-person plural present of the verb be. Our means "belonging to us". Standard: Are you coming to our house after the show?

  4. Controversy - Wikipedia

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    Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin controversia , as a composite of controversus – "turned in an opposite direction".

  5. Richard Dreyfuss' 'distressing and offensive' rant has ... - AOL

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    Richard Dreyfuss' controversial remarks at a "Jaws" screening in Massachusetts on Saturday have prompted the venue that hosted the event to apologize about the Oscar winner's "distressing and ...

  6. Everything to know about the controversy over Jordan Chiles ...

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    Gymnastics is full of twists and turns but the unfolding saga over which gymnast will officially take home the bronze in the 2024 Olympic women’s artistic floor exercise final has been more ...

  7. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).

  8. Converse (semantics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The relationship between such words is called a converse relation . [ 2 ]

  9. Irregardless - Wikipedia

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    Irregardless is a word sometimes used in place of regardless or irrespective, which has caused controversy since the early twentieth century, though the word appeared in print as early as 1795. [1] The word is mostly known for being controversial and often proscribed, and is often mentioned in discussions on prescriptive and descriptive ...