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I think some people think I'm, like, anti-label, and I'm not. I just wanted to sign a deal when the time was right. I'm anti being shot out of a rocket when you're not ready and the songs and image aren't there.
Iggy Azalea

Meaning of "anti" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTI

anti  [ˈæntɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anti can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANTI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anti

Anti may refer to: ▪ Anti, the ferryman who carried Isis to Set's island in Egyptian mythology ▪ Änti, or Antaeus, half-giant in Greek and Berber mythology ▪ Áńt’į, or Corpse powder, Navajo folkloric substance made from powdered corpses ▪ ANTI-, an American independent record label ▪ ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival, a yearly international live-art festival held in Kuopio, Finland ▪ Antiparticle, a particle with the same mass but opposite charges in particle physics ▪ Anti addition in organic chemistry ▪ Anti EP, an EP by Autechre ▪ Anti conformation, in alkane stereochemistry ▪ Campa, or Anti, a tribe of South American Indians...

Definition of anti in the English dictionary

The definition of anti in the dictionary is opposed to a party, policy, attitude, etc. Other definition of anti is an opponent of a party, policy, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTI


Alicante
ˌælɪˈkæntɪ
ante
ˈæntɪ
Ashanti
əˈʃæntɪ
avanti
æˈvæntɪ
chianti
kɪˈæntɪ
Dante
ˈdæntɪ
Durante
dəˈræntɪ
Fanti
ˈfæntɪ
infante
ɪnˈfæntɪ
janty
ˈdʒæntɪ
meranti
mɪˈræntɪ
panty
ˈpæntɪ
pesante
pəˈzæntɪ
scanty
ˈskæntɪ
shanty
ˈʃæntɪ
spumante
spuːˈmæntɪ
vigilante
ˌvɪdʒɪˈlæntɪ
volante
vɒˈlæntɪ
Ypsilanti
ˌɪpsɪˈlæntɪ
Zante
ˈzæntɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTI

anthurium
anti-abortion
anti-abortionist
anti-ageing
anti-aircraft
anti-aircraft defence
anti-aircraft fire
anti-aircraft gun
anti-aircraft missile
anti-alias
anti-allergic
anti-American
anti-androgen
anti-apartheid
anti-atom
anti-authority
anti-Bolshevik
anti-bourgeois
anti-British
anti-Catholic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTI

aggiornamenti
Cavalcanti
cognoscenti
concertanti
conoscenti
dementi
dilettanti
divertimenti
Girgenti
inti
pentimenti
portamenti
rifacimenti
senti
shanti
tanti
Visconti

Synonyms and antonyms of anti in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anti» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTI

Find out the translation of anti to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anti from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anti» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contra
570 millions of speakers

English

anti
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विरोधी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مكافحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

анти
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anti
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরোধী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anti
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

안티
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anti
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிர்ப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विरोधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przeciw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

анти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anti
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

anti
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anti
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anti
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anti

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTI»

The term «anti» is very widely used and occupies the 1.984 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «anti» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «anti» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anti

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7 QUOTES WITH «ANTI»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word anti.
1
Iggy Azalea
I think some people think I'm, like, anti-label, and I'm not. I just wanted to sign a deal when the time was right. I'm anti being shot out of a rocket when you're not ready and the songs and image aren't there.
2
Rutger Hauer
Good guy' or 'bad guy', hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical.
3
Mary Harris Jones
I am not an anti to anything which will bring freedom to my class.
4
Arthur Keith
Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.
5
Erin McKean
If you say 'anti-aging,' how anti would it have to be, really? My guess is not much. Any amount of sunscreen could be considered anti-aging.
6
Malcolm Mclaren
I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules.
7
Sxip Shirey
I'm the anti indie-rocker. My stuff isn't ironic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTI»

Discover the use of anti in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anti and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Imperialism and the Anti-Imperialist Mind
In this major work, Lewis S. Feuer examines critical distinctions between progressive and regressive imperialism.
Lewis Samuel Feuer, 1989
2
What the Anti-Federalists Were For: The Political Thought of ...
The Anti-Federalists, in Herbert J. Storing's view, are somewhat paradoxically entitled to be counted among the Founding Fathers and to share in the honor and study devoted to the founding.
Herbert J. Storing, 2008
3
Anti-Oppressive Practice: Social Care and the Law
The book therefore points the way to practice that is both empowering to service users and ultimately liberating for practitioners.
Dalrymple, Jane, Burke, Beverley, 2006
4
A Guide to the World Anti-Doping Code: A Fight for the ...
This guide to the rules which regulate anti-doping in sport includes numerous case studies.
Paul David, 2013
5
American Anti-Management Theories of Organization: A ...
A unique and controversial examination of current theories of organizational structure, popular in the USA.
Lex Donaldson, 1995
6
The Anti-Gravity Handbook
The new expanded compilation of material on Anti-Gravity, Free Energy, Flying Saucer Propulsion, UFOs, Suppressed Technology, NASA Cover-ups and more. Highly illustrated with patents, technical illustrations and photos.
David Hatcher Childress, 2011
7
Anti-Mimesis from Plato to Hitchcock
Tom Cohen argues in this book that in an era of representational criticism the role of close reading has been overlooked.
Tom Cohen, 1994
8
A Concise Guide to the EU Anti-dumping/anti-subsidies Procedures
The procedures developed in these texts, as amended, and in their corresponding regulations, are the subject of this extremely helpful guide.
Themistoklis K. Giannakopoulos, 2006
9
Globalization/Anti-Globalization: Beyond the Great Divide
The second edition of this highly successful book tests the claims of those who dismiss the continuing significance of globalization through a comprehensive assessment of contemporary global trends.
David Held, Anthony McGrew, 2007
10
The Anti-politics Machine: "development," Depoliticization, ...
It is the political intelligibility of these effects, along with the process that produces them, that this book seeks to illuminate through a detailed case study of the workings of the "development" industry in one country, Lesotho, and in ...
James Ferguson, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anti is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Canadian activists turn to UN with challenge to controversial anti
Canadian civil society groups are bringing their challenge to a contentious new anti-terror bill to an international audience: a key United ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Israel Is Building an Anti-ISIS Fence Along the Border With Jordan
Israel has taken one more step to walling itself off from its neighbors. The border with Jordan is the last Israeli frontier that is totally open to a ... «TIME, Jul 15»
3
Low turnout marks anti-gay demonstration in Kenya
Low turnout marks anti-gay demonstration in Kenya. Associated Press. July 6, 2015 — 7:15am. Text size. comment0. share · tweet · email. Print. more. Share on: ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Egypt looks set to approve disputed anti-terror law
CAIRO - Rattled by attacks on its soldiers and the assassination of the top prosecutor, Egypt is set to pass sweeping legislation critics say ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
5
Anti-Jewish protest in London fizzles
LONDON – The “Anti-Jewification” protest originally planned to be held in one of London's Jewish community's heartlands, Golders Green, ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
6
ISIS executes two activists for handing out anti-Shariah leaflets in Syria
At the end of the video, the footage cuts out after the executioners walk away. Ten seconds later, the video shows the blurred face of an older ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
Singapore teen in anti-Lee video walks free after jail sentence …
A Singaporean teenager who posted an online video in which he attacked a former prime minister has been given a four-week jail sentence but ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
8
Smart-shaming and our Pinoy culture of anti-intellectualism
Or simply put: why does there seem to be a culture of anti-intellectualism in the Philippines? (But don't take my word for it! See here, here, and ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
9
Sydney Opera House latest to join anti-selfie-stick brigade
For every one person that delights in whipping out their selfie stick for a quick self-portrait, there are probably up to five or six others in the ... «Digital Trends, Jul 15»
10
Anti-abortion extremists are domestic terrorists
To call anti-abortion extremism domestic terrorism may seem surprising, but that is the conclusion of our new book, “Living in the Crosshairs: ... «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»

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