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antipodes

noun
/ænˈtɪp.əˌdiz/

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀντίποδες (antípodes), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + πόδες (pódes), plural of πούς (poús, “foot”).

  1. derived from ἀντίποδες

Definitions

  1. The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.

    • We should hold day with the Antipodes, If you would walk in absence of the sun.

  2. The Southern Hemisphere.

  3. Australia and New Zealand.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The opposite of something.

      • The sleepy yet shrewd judge was the antipodes to confidence, but to Don Manuel he felt no hesitation in frankly stating his actions and their motives, from his first arrival in Spain to the present time.
      • The loud, rapid, eager tones, the incessant motion, the intense vital activity manifested in speech and action, are the very antipodes of the quiet, unimpulsive, unanimated Malay.

    2. plural of antipode

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA