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Definition of anti in English: antiprepositionˈanti informal Opposed to; against. I'm anti the abuse of drink and the hassle that it causes Example sentencesExamples - You're not anti the pharmaceutical industry, are you?
- Some people are very anti the internet and thinks it stops children reading.
- We're very anti people being passed on methadone.
- In 2005, she stated publicly that she wouldn't ‘be seen dead there’ and has been anti any contact with that country.
- But we're really anti the rock star thing.
Synonyms opposed to, in opposition to, hostile to, averse to, antagonistic towards, inimical to, unsympathetic to, resistant to, at odds with, in disagreement with, contra
adjectiveˈanti informal predicative Opposed. the local councils are anti Example sentencesExamples - Too often this debate is polarised into pro and anti camps, and this book does not help in this regard.
- I do not want this government wasting parliament time on what is an unimportant issue, and if the anti brigade stopped their demos maybe we should have enough police on the streets to deal with the human vermin.
- This possibility has seemed so absurd, given the opinion polls, the press and the well-financed and efficiently organised anti campaign, that it has hardly seemed worth raising.
- But even in January 1975 the anti campaign still had an 8% edge.
- Lots of talk about auditing at the pro page, and the anti page had talk about some man that took over the world 75 million years ago?
- Helen is frankly public in her dislike of it, though Raenette's vote against the law in parliament means she is still the poster-child for the anti brigade.
- I thought the debate went from the pro argument to the anti argument.
- The prospect of war has roused strong passions, drawing politicians and public figures into pro and anti positions.
- The report was compiled by a wide spectrum of scientists from both pro and anti lobby groups and was chaired by the government's chief scientist.
- It's almost like the worst moments of the pro / anti debate replayed in microcosm.
Synonyms hostile, opposed, antagonistic, averse, ill-disposed, unsympathetic
nounPlural antisˈanti informal A person opposed to a particular policy, activity, or idea. the threat to field sports from the antis is a serious one Example sentencesExamples - How many degrees then separate us from all the antis out there?
- I don't think there were many antis and I think it would be ideal to use that area if we can pull it off.
- The 59 per cent is rather flattering to the antis.
- We weren't in the right place at the right time except on one occasion when a hunt thug got a cut off walking stick with a great knuckle on the end and started going towards some antis.
- From defiant defence to absolute antis, they were all there fighting their corner and throwing in their twopence worth as the saying goes.
- Or are they to give the benefit of the doubt to the antis, and preserve the status quo?
- The antis were out in force again, braying, hooting obscenities around the building.
- He is a country dweller but a keen supporter of the antis.
- But I've read the stories in the Evening Press, and watched the letters come and go, and now the antis have my vote.
- But sometimes the wilful refusal of the antis to acknowledge the evidence astonishes even me.
- I think it's just used because ‘selfish’ is the worst thing the antis can call something.
- There may well be some antis and they're perfectly entitled to come and let their opinions be known as long as they don't break any laws.
- Then as now the antis are more divided than the centrists who dominate the Yes camp.
- What we got instead was a supporting commentary designed to cause as little offence as possible to antis.
- You know that if you are working within the regulations, you are doing it right, no matter what the antis accuse you of’.
- I think it's more likely that the inevitable setbacks will increase popular determination to see the war through, and that many will blame the antis for encouraging and even aiding our enemies.
- The antis think they've won and we carry on hunting within the law and we think we've won.
- If there is evidence of moral cowardice and a lack of conviction among the pro-war lobby, however, it is more than matched among the antis.
- It seems that, as is usually the case, the antis have the louder voice in the current debate.
- ‘It is always attractive to go for a compromise, but the truth of the matter is the antis are not going to rest if the Prime Minister goes for the Middle Way,’ he said.
Origin Late 18th century (as a noun): independent usage of anti-. Rhymes Alicante, andante, ante, Ashanti, Bramante, Chianti, Dante, dilettante, Fante, Ferranti, infante, scanty, shanty (US chanty), spumante, vigilante, Zante Definition of anti in US English: antipreposition Opposed to; against. I'm anti the abuse of drink and the hassle that it causes Example sentencesExamples - Some people are very anti the internet and thinks it stops children reading.
- But we're really anti the rock star thing.
- In 2005, she stated publicly that she wouldn't ‘be seen dead there’ and has been anti any contact with that country.
- We're very anti people being passed on methadone.
- You're not anti the pharmaceutical industry, are you?
Synonyms opposed to, in opposition to, hostile to, averse to, antagonistic towards, inimical to, unsympathetic to, resistant to, at odds with, in disagreement with, contra
adjective predicative Opposed. neither side in the debate, whether anti or pro, has offered a particularly convincing case Example sentencesExamples - The prospect of war has roused strong passions, drawing politicians and public figures into pro and anti positions.
- This possibility has seemed so absurd, given the opinion polls, the press and the well-financed and efficiently organised anti campaign, that it has hardly seemed worth raising.
- I thought the debate went from the pro argument to the anti argument.
- It's almost like the worst moments of the pro / anti debate replayed in microcosm.
- But even in January 1975 the anti campaign still had an 8% edge.
- I do not want this government wasting parliament time on what is an unimportant issue, and if the anti brigade stopped their demos maybe we should have enough police on the streets to deal with the human vermin.
- The report was compiled by a wide spectrum of scientists from both pro and anti lobby groups and was chaired by the government's chief scientist.
- Helen is frankly public in her dislike of it, though Raenette's vote against the law in parliament means she is still the poster-child for the anti brigade.
- Lots of talk about auditing at the pro page, and the anti page had talk about some man that took over the world 75 million years ago?
- Too often this debate is polarised into pro and anti camps, and this book does not help in this regard.
Synonyms hostile, opposed, antagonistic, averse, ill-disposed, unsympathetic
noun A person opposed to a particular policy, activity, or idea. a shadow army of antis who endanger your sport Example sentencesExamples - He is a country dweller but a keen supporter of the antis.
- It seems that, as is usually the case, the antis have the louder voice in the current debate.
- The 59 per cent is rather flattering to the antis.
- We weren't in the right place at the right time except on one occasion when a hunt thug got a cut off walking stick with a great knuckle on the end and started going towards some antis.
- If there is evidence of moral cowardice and a lack of conviction among the pro-war lobby, however, it is more than matched among the antis.
- Or are they to give the benefit of the doubt to the antis, and preserve the status quo?
- The antis think they've won and we carry on hunting within the law and we think we've won.
- You know that if you are working within the regulations, you are doing it right, no matter what the antis accuse you of’.
- I think it's more likely that the inevitable setbacks will increase popular determination to see the war through, and that many will blame the antis for encouraging and even aiding our enemies.
- I think it's just used because ‘selfish’ is the worst thing the antis can call something.
- There may well be some antis and they're perfectly entitled to come and let their opinions be known as long as they don't break any laws.
- What we got instead was a supporting commentary designed to cause as little offence as possible to antis.
- ‘It is always attractive to go for a compromise, but the truth of the matter is the antis are not going to rest if the Prime Minister goes for the Middle Way,’ he said.
- But I've read the stories in the Evening Press, and watched the letters come and go, and now the antis have my vote.
- The antis were out in force again, braying, hooting obscenities around the building.
- How many degrees then separate us from all the antis out there?
- Then as now the antis are more divided than the centrists who dominate the Yes camp.
- I don't think there were many antis and I think it would be ideal to use that area if we can pull it off.
- From defiant defence to absolute antis, they were all there fighting their corner and throwing in their twopence worth as the saying goes.
- But sometimes the wilful refusal of the antis to acknowledge the evidence astonishes even me.
Origin Late 18th century (as a noun): independent usage of anti-. |