as opposed to

English

Pronunciation

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Preposition

as opposed to

1. in contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept.

   Synonym: as against

Translations

in contrast to

• Arabic: فِي مُقَابِل (fī muqābil), عَلَى نَقْيِض (ʕalā naqyiḍ), بَدَلًا مِن (badalan min)

  Egyptian Arabic: على نقيض (ʕalaa naqyiḍ), في مقابل (fi muqabel)

• Dutch: in tegenstelling tot
• Finnish: toisin kuin (fi)
• French: par opposition à (fr)
• Georgian: განსხვავებით (gansxvavebit)
• German: im Gegensatz zu, im Unterschied zu
• Greek: κατ' αντιδιαστολή προς (kat' antidiastolí pros), σε αντιδιαστολή προς (se antidiastolí pros), σε αντίθεση με (se antíthesi me)
• Hungarian: szembeállítva
• Icelandic: öfugt við, í ósamræmi við
• Irish: seachas, murab ionann is
• Italian: invece di
• Japanese: に対して (ni taishite)
• Korean: 에 비교하여 (e bigyohayeo), 에 대하여 (e daehayeo), 에 대하여 (e daehayeo), 보다는 (bodaneun)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i motsetning til (no), til forskjell fra

• Polish: w przeciwieństwie do (pl)
• Portuguese: em vez de (pt)
• Romanian: în contrast cu
• Spanish: por oposición a
• Swedish: till skillnad från (sv)