op'ponency
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opponent (əˈpəʊnənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who opposes another in a contest, battle, etc |
| 2. | anatomy an opponent muscle |
| —adj | |
| 3. | opposite, as in position |
| 4. | anatomy (of a muscle) bringing two parts into opposition |
| 5. | opposing; contrary |
| [C16: from Latin oppōnere to oppose, from ob- against + pōnere to place] | |
| op'ponency | |
| —n | |
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Op'ponency
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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