inverseadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ɪnˈvɜːs/us/ɪnˈvɝːs/opposite in relation to something else:
Their generosity was in inverse proportion/relation to their income (= the more money they had the less generous they were).
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- antithesis
- antonym
- anything
- anything but idiom
- be like chalk and cheese idiom
- chalk
- contrary
- countervailing
- dichotomous
- extreme
- flip side
- inversion
- non-
- opposed
- opposite
- or otherwise idiom
- otherwise
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inversely
adverb uk/ɪnˈvɜːs.li/us/ɪnˈvɝːs.li/
Sometimes it seems that press coverage of an event is inversely proportional to its true importance (= the more important the event, the less attention is paid to it).
inversenoun [ S ]
uk/ɪnˈvɜːs/us/ɪnˈvɝːs/formalthe inverse
the opposite:
Dividing by two is the inverse of multiplying by two.
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Opposites
- antithesis
- antonym
- anything
- anything but idiom
- be like chalk and cheese idiom
- chalk
- contrary
- countervailing
- dichotomous
- extreme
- flip side
- inversion
- non-
- opposed
- opposite
- or otherwise idiom
- otherwise
- polarity
- pole
- reverse
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