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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: anticlockwise, contraclockwise
Antonyms: clockwise
adverb
in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: anticlockwise
Antonyms: clockwise
History
From counter- + clock + -wise.
