contrary direction

collocation in English

meaningsofcontraryanddirection

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contrary
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.trə.ri/us
/ˈkɑːn.trɚ.i/
opposite:
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direction
noun
uk
/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us
/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition ofcontraryanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontrary direction

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But another current of history writing is pushing in a second andcontrarydirection.
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There is no scientific evidence going in acontrarydirection.
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All our history shows that such action has no effect whatever in spiritual affairs, except to influence people in thecontrarydirection.
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I would have thought if that argument led anywhere it was in precisely thecontrarydirection.
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They have found that what evidence there may be points in thecontrarydirection.
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All their interests, all their powers and influence act in acontrarydirection.
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But he has made no promise of this kind; he has given no guarantees, and every act of his life points in thecontrarydirection.
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That is the factor that has worked in thecontrarydirection.
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A second financial argument of considerable importance runs in thecontrarydirection.
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And one could quote other examples where the influence of individual men has operated in acontrarydirection.
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He went in acontrarydirectionto a communique that he had signed a little while before.
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But the refusal to regulate analogue works in acontrarydirection.
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Far from moving in the right direction, we moved in thecontrarydirection.
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Not only did we do nothing but our influence was used in acontrarydirection.
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In too many ways, modern industrial society has moved in thecontrarydirection.
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There has been a definite and specific promise in thecontrarydirection.
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It is an interesting argument in a quitecontrarydirection.
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No doubt he would prefer this device, working in thecontrarydirection.
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Has it not occurred to him that the trend has actually been in thecontrarydirectionto that which he indicated?
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The influence of the societies' actuaries is rather in acontrarydirection.
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