anti
Multiple Entries:anti anti-
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anti/ˈanti/
▶preposition opposed to; against. ▶noun (pl. antis) informal an opponent of something.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anti- /ˈanti/ (also ant-)
▶prefix
- 1 opposed to; against: anti-aircraft.
■ preventing or relieving: antibacterial.
■ the opposite of: anticlimax.
■ acting as a rival: antipope.
- 2 Physics the antiparticle of a specified particle.
– origin from Gk anti ‘against’.
'anti' also found in these Oxford entries:
AA
- ABM
- ABS
- ack-ack
- ant-
- antechamber
- antechinus
- anthelmintic
- anti-
- anti-aircraft
- antibiosis
- antibiotic
- anticline
- antidote
- antidromic
- anti-emetic
- anti-g
- antigen
- anti-hero
- anti-infective
- anti-inflammatory
- anti-knock
- anti-lock
- antilogy
- antimacassar
- antinomian
- antinomy
- antipasto
- anti-personnel
- antiphon
- Antipodes
- antipruritic
- anti-roll bar
- antirrhinum
- anti-Semitism
- anti-static
- antivenin
- antonym
- BCG
- Bircher
- Bofors gun
- brigade
- chlorpromazine
- claymore
- cortisone
- dexamethasone
- flak
- glucocorticoid
- high-octane
