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What is the opposite of 'subjunctive'?
Any verb has a mood, a voice and a tense. The mood will be indicative, imperative. infinitive etc. Voice will be either active or passive. Tense will be present, future, past,perfect,pluperfect, ...
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What is the opposite of 'love'? [closed]
What is the opposite of love?
It's not 'hate':
Love involves people feeling strongly towards someone or something, and hate also involves people feeling strongly towards someone or something- it's ...
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What is the opposite of mass-transit? [closed]
I've googled it but the antonym of mass-transit (or public transportation) are not amongst the hits I've got.
I can explain the meaning using a sentence but I'd like the correct term, a noun if ...
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An exact word for the opposite of academic progress? [closed]
I have been confronted with a word so many times for which I couldn't find any equivalent in English. What is an opposite term for academic progress? I mean specifically when one is no longer doing ...
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What is the antonym of Consignment sale?
I have a question regarding terms for trade and commerce.
What is the antonym of 'consignment sale'?
On consignment sale basis, sellers just keep the goods and pay manufacturers or suppliers only when ...
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What is the opposite of “commercial” art?
What is the opposite of commercial in the context of writing about art? For example:
The artist created both commercial and _________ art.
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A phrase for the opposite of "getting over" something [closed]
I was speaking to a friend today.
I jokingly told her: "Yes, I should speak Spanish, but I don't. Get over it."
She attempted a witty response:
"Get over it? I am. It's like I was never under it."
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What do you call two words that describe reciprocal relations?
This is kind of a meta-question about another question I had. I am wondering about how to call words that express what I would call a converse relation in Mathematics.
First, a simple example: I know ...
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Is the opposite of "like" "dislike" or "indifference/neutrality & dislike?"
I think most people think the opposite of "like" is "dislike," but when I think about it, I don't think this is true.
"Dislike" actually means that one regards the thing ...
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Antonyms and opposites
Is there an antonym for the verb besiege? asked for an “opposite” for the word besiege, with answers like occupy, barricade, where the person doing the barricading is inside the barrier, defending his ...
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