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antipodes

1

[ an-tip-uh-deez ]

plural noun

  1. places diametrically opposite each other on the globe.
  2. those who dwell there.


Antipodes

2

[ an-tip-uh-deez ]

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a group of islands SE of and belonging to New Zealand. 24 sq. mi. (62 sq. km).

antipodes

/ 忙n藞t瑟p蓹藢di藧z; 忙n藢t瑟p蓹藞di藧蓹n /

plural noun

  1. either or both of two points, places, or regions that are situated diametrically opposite to one another on the earth's surface, esp the country or region opposite one's own
  2. the people who live there
  3. the antipodes
    often capital Australia and New Zealand
  4. sometimes functioning as singular the exact or direct opposite
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

antipodes

  1. Two places on directly opposite sides of the Earth, such as the North Pole and the South Pole.

antipodes

  1. Two places on the globe that are exactly opposite each other; for example, the North Pole and South Pole .
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Derived Forms

  • antipodean, adjectivenoun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补苍路迟颈辫路辞路诲别路补苍 [an-tip-, uh, -, dee, -, uh, n], adjective noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of antipodes1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Latin, from Greek (hoi) ant铆podes literally, 鈥(those) with the feet opposite,鈥 (plural of 补苍迟铆辫辞耻蝉 ), equivalent to anti- 鈥渁gainst, opposite鈥 + -podes, nominative plural of 辫辞没蝉 鈥渇辞辞迟鈥; foot
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of antipodes1

C16: via Late Latin from Greek, plural of antipous having the feet opposite, from anti- + pous foot
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These two locales 鈥 one urban, one rural 鈥 would form the antipodes of his work.

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The news from the antipodes helped provide direction to markets that had been drifting ahead of the release of minutes of the U.S.

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One conservative 鈥 that Islam and Christianity are antipodes.

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The discovery of antipodes led straight to the concept of the terraqueous globe; but Copernicanism did not lead directly to the view that all planets shine by reflected light鈥攖he telescope had to intervene.

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I sometimes sign my emails to National Geographic editors, 鈥淵ours from the antipodes,鈥 because that鈥檚 how it feels to be so distant from the centers of American and European influence.

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