OPPOSITES ATTRACT

Meaning of OPPOSITES ATTRACT in English

used to say that people who are very different are often attracted to each other

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ATTRACT — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES arouse/generate/attract interest (= make people interested ) ▪ This extraordinary story has aroused interest in …
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ATTRACT — attract- see attraher
Interlingua English vocab
ATTRACT — atraer (-tion, -tiv)
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ATTRACT — dani
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ATTRACT — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us, past participle of attrahere, from ad- + trahere to pull, draw Date: 15th …
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ATTRACT — ə.ˈtrakt verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English attracten, from Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere, from ad- + trahere …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ATTRACT — (n.) Attraction.
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ATTRACT — (v. t.) To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, …
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ATTRACT — (v. t.) To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to …
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ATTRACT — ( v. t. ) To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; …
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ATTRACT — ( v. t. ) To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the …
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ATTRACT — — attractable , adj. — attractableness , n. — attractingly , adv. — attractor, attracter , n. /euh trakt"/ , …
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ATTRACT — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere, from ad- + trahere to pull, draw Date: 15th …
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ATTRACT — noun attraction. 2. attract ·vt to draw to, or cause to tend to; ·esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or …
Webster English vocab
ATTRACT — [at.tract] vb [ME, fr. L attractus, pp. of attrahere, fr. ad- + trahere to pull, draw] vt (15c): to cause …
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ATTRACT — attract BrE AmE ə ˈtrækt ▷ attract|ed ɪd əd ▷ attract|ing ɪŋ ▷ attract|s s
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ATTRACT — / əˈtrækt; NAmE / verb [ vn ] 1. [ usually passive ] attract sb (to sb/sth) if you are …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ATTRACT — at ‧ tract S2 W2 /əˈtrækt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ attraction , ↑ attractiveness …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ATTRACT — ( attracts, attracting, attracted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something …
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ATTRACT — [verb] [T] - (of people, things, places, etc.) to pull or draw someone or something towards them, by the qualities, …
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ATTRACT — verb Attract is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ college , ↑ festival , ↑ magnet Attract is …
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OPPOSITES — • ↑ be opposites
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ATTRACT — See ↑ ATTRACT/ATTRACTION 1,2
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ATTRACT — v. draw, invite; entice, lure, allure, appeal to, charm, captivate, fascinate, Colloq pull Our attention was attracted by a slight …
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OPPOSITES — See Opposites principle
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OPPOSITES — Opposites
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ATTRACT — гл. 1) привлекать, притягивать Anything with strong gravity attracts other things to it. ≈ Любое тело с большой массой притягивает …
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ATTRACT — attract.ogg əʹtrækt v 1. притягивать magnet attracts steel - магнит притягивает сталь salt attracts moisture - соль впитывает влагу 2. …
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ATTRACT — attract гл.1) привлекать, притягивать Anything with strong gravity attracts other things to it. — Любое тело с большой массой притягивает …
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ATTRACT — v 1. притягивать magnet attracts steel - магнит притягивает сталь salt attracts moisture - соль впитывает влагу 2. прельщать, пленять, …
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ATTRACT — гл. 1) привлекать, притягивать Anything with strong gravity attracts other things to it. — Любое тело с большой массой притягивает …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ATTRACT — гл. 1) привлекать, притягивать Anything with strong gravity attracts other things to it. — Любое тело с большой массой притягивает к себе …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ATTRACT — гл. привлекать, притягивать - attract attention - attract capital - attract funds - attract the capital - notice attention
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OPPOSITES — Opposites
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ATTRACT — гл. 1) привлекать, притягивать Anything with strong gravity attracts other things to it. ≈ Любое тело с большой массой притягивает …
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OPPOSITES, TABLE OF — in Pythagorean philosophy, a set of 10 pairs of contrary qualities. The earliest reference is in Aristotle, who said that …
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OPPOSITE — I. ˈäpəzə̇t, -psə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from opposite, adjective 1. obsolete …
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SONATA — form of musical composition based on exposition, development, and recapitulation. As explained below, however, the term is also used in …
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HERACLEITUS — born c. 540 BC, , Ephesus, in Anatolia died c. 480 also spelled Heraclitus Greek philosopher remembered for his cosmology, …
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GIRAUDOUX, (HYPPOLYTE-) JEAN — born Oct. 29, 1882, Bellac, Fr. died Jan. 31, 1944, Paris French novelist, essayist, and playwright who created an impressionistic …
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ABSOLUTE IDEALISM — a philosophical theory chiefly associated with G.W.F. Hegel and Friedrich Schelling, both German idealist philosophers of the 19th century, Josiah …
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OPPOSITE — / ˈɒpəzɪt; -sɪt; NAmE ˈɑːpəzət/ adjective , adverb , noun , preposition ■ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] …
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OPPOSITE — I. op ‧ po ‧ site 1 S2 W2 /ˈɒpəzət, ˈɒpəzɪt $ ˈɑːp-/ BrE AmE preposition 1 . especially British …
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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VERY — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a great many/a good many/very many (= a very large number ) ▪ Most …
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POLAR — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES polar bear polar ice ▪ Global warming directly causes the melting of polar ice. the …
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OPPOSITE — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at one pole/at opposite poles ▪ We have enormous wealth at one pole, and …
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MEDICINE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a food/medicine/clothes cupboard British English ▪ The medicine cupboard's in the bathroom. a prescription drug/medicine …
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LARGE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a big/large budget ▪ The club does not have a large budget for new …
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EXTREME — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a extreme measure ▪ The public would not be in favour of such an …
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AND — conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a correlation exists between sth and sth ▪ A strong correlation exists between social class …
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POLE — Synonyms and related words : China, Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, Maypole, N pole, North Pole, Outer Mongolia, Pago …
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NIGHT AND DAY — Synonyms and related words : North Pole, South Pole, always, antipodal points, antipodes, antipoints, antipoles, at all times, black and …
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BLACK AND WHITE — Synonyms and related words : North Pole, South Pole, antipodal points, antipodes, antipoints, antipoles, arc lighting, brouillon, cartoon, charcoal, charcoal …
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ANTIPOLE — Synonyms and related words : North Pole, South Pole, antipodal points, antipode, antipodes, antipoints, antipoles, antithesis, antonym, black and white, …
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ANTIPODES — Synonyms and related words : China, Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, North Pole, Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of …
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SOUTH POLE — Synonyms and related words : Alaska, Antarctic Zone, Antarctica, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, China, Darkest Africa, Frigid Zones, God knows …
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NORTH POLE — Synonyms and related words : Alaska, Antarctic Zone, Antarctica, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, China, Darkest Africa, Frigid Zones, God knows …
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OPPOSITE — INDEX: opposite/different 1. when two things or people are completely different 2. someone or something that is completely different from …
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DREAM — 1. сущ. 1) сон, сновидение (about, of) to interpret dreams ≈ толковать сны a bad dream ≈ дурной сон a …
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DREAM — 1. сущ. 1) сон, сновидение (about, of) to interpret dreams ≈ толковать сны a bad dream ≈ дурной сон a …
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