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con•tra

Pronunciation: (kon'tru), [key]
—prep.
against; in opposition or contrast to: Consider the problems of the teenager contra those of the adult.

—adv.
contrariwise; on or to the contrary.

con•tra

Pronunciation: (kon'tru; Sp. kôn'trä), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -trasPronunciation: (-truz; Sp. -träs). [key]
(often cap.) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

contr

contraband

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