English Dictionary

contrary

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɒntɹəɹi/

名詞

The opposite. / (logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.

日本語の意味

反対、対極のもの / 論理学において、同時に真とはならない（両方とも偽である可能性がある）一対の命題のうちの一方

The committee debated his proposal, but the contrary won out in the end.

委員会は彼の提案について議論したが、結局は反対意見が勝った。

意味（1）

The opposite.

No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave.

意味（2）

(logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.

If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false.

contraries （ plural ）