pl kontra (against, contrary or opposed to) · de wider (against, contrary or opposed to) · de anti (against, contrary or opposed to) · la contrā (against, contrary or opposed to) · de contra (against, contrary or opposed to) · de im Gegensatz zu (against, contrary or opposed to) · de gegen (against, contrary or opposed to) · pt contra (against, contrary or opposed to) · tl kontra (against, contrary or opposed to) · ang aġēn (against, contrary or opposed to) · sv kontra (against, contrary or opposed to) · bg против (against, contrary or opposed to)
[…] it is useless to pray “Thy kingdom come” and vote contra or stay away from the polls; […] 1893 November 30, “The W.C.T.U. Convention. Interesting Reports Considered in Relation to the Several Departments of the Work. Suggested Lines of Development—Programme for the Closing Day.”, in The Daily Colonist, volume LXX, number 148, Victoria, B.C., page 3, column 1:
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de contra (contrary to something) · ro contra (contrary to something) · pl wbrew (contrary to something) · de entgegengesetzt (contrary to something) · de gegengesetzt (contrary to something) · ar ضِد (contrary to something) · ar عَلَى اَلْعَكْس (contrary to something) · bg наопаки (contrary to something) · ar عَلَى اَلنَّقِيض مِن (contrary to something) · bg напротив (contrary to something) · de im Gegensatz zu (contrary to something) · de gegen (contrary to something) · de gegnerisch (contrary to something) · arz ضد (contrary to something) · ro împotrivă (contrary to something) · arz عكس (contrary to something)
(derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
(attributive, often) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column.
a contra position; a contra entry
(informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
A contra dance.
(New-England, US, obsolete) A country dance.
Folk histories record that contras were gradually displaced by the introduction of the quadrille and the new couple dances. 2001, Ellen Koskoff, editor, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America, Garland Publishing, page 232:
pl but see konto wykluczające inne konto ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry) · de Contra Tanz ((dance) a contra dance) · de Gegenrechnung ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry) · de Kontratanz ((dance) a contra dance) · fi vastakirjaus ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry) · de Gegenposition ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry) · de Gegenbuchung ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry) · nl contrarekening ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry) · de Kreditseite ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry) · fi vasta- ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry) · fi vastatili ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry) · de Gegenkonto ((accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry)