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커뮤니티 튜터Contronyms
Who knows what a contronym is? This is a fun quiz to see who can find some contronyms... In other words,words which have two meanings which are opposite in character.
E.g rock - firm, solid, immovable.
Rock - to move something back and forth.
They are very rare, so let's see who else can come up with some. I had great fun trying to think of some.
You can also think of some in your own language and explain them to us.
2020년 6월 29일 오후 12:13
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Oh, here's another one.
MINISTER
<ul><li>noun - a politician in charge of a ministry</li><li>verb - to give help to or care for people</li></ul>:)
2020년 6월 29일
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I'm going to give this a try:
TO TRIP
<ul><li>to fall or stumble</li><li>to move with quick, gentle steps</li></ul>SHED/TO SHED
<ul><li>noun - a building where things we want to keep are stored (also a verb: to park a vehicle in a depot, apparently)</li><li>verb - to lose something or get rid of it</li></ul>2020년 6월 29일
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to sanction - to either bless something or apply restrictions to
2020년 6월 29일
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I knew them as autoantonyms. I can think of "to temper" which can be "to harden something" or "to soften something" depending on the process.
2020년 6월 29일
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Sometimes two meanings are not exactly opposite, but something about...
In Russian for example - "затопить" - a verb with a number of meanings
<ol><li>light the hearth, oven</li><li>pour water onto the surface of smth.</li></ol>So water and fire - these are opposite things, but not very literally...
2020년 6월 30일
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