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con⋅tra

1  [kon-truh]
Use Contra in a Sentence
–preposition
1. against; in opposition or contrast to: Consider the problems of the teenager contra those of the adult.
–adverb
2. contrariwise; on or to the contrary.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L contrā
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con⋅tra

2  [kon-truh; Sp. kawn-trah]
–noun, plural -tras  [-truhz; Sp. -trahs] .
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
Origin:
< AmerSp, shortening of contrarrevolucionario counterrevolutionary
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con·tra   (kŏn'trə)   
prep.  In contrast or opposition to; against.
adv.  In opposition to something stated or expected; to the contrary.

[Latin contrā, against; see kom in Indo-European roots.]
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contra 
1362, from L. contra (prep. and adv.) "against," originally "in comparison with," ablative singular feminine of *com-teros, from Old L. com "with, together" + -tr, zero degree of the comp. suffix -ter-. The L. word was used as a prefix in L.L.; in Fr. it became contre- and passed into Eng. as counter-. The Nicaraguan Contra "anti-Sandinista" (1981) is short for contrarrevolucionario "counter-revolutionary."
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Main Entry: 1con·tra
Pronunciation: 'kän-tr&
Function: preposition
Etymology: Latin
: in opposition or contrast to

Main Entry: 2contra
Function: adjective
: placed or set in opposition <contra parties>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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