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  1. Distribution of slang term “opp” - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Apr 3, 2023 · The mainstream dictionary entries seem to be either for "opp" meaning "opportunity" (as in "business opp", "job opp"), or as an abbreviation for terms such as "opposite" or "opus". …

  2. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 10, 2015 · Opp. to rare. and 'rare' in this sense: a. Originally: (of an organ or tissue, soil, or other substance) having the constituent material or particles loose or not closely packed …

  3. What is the /ū/ sound in English symbol?

    May 16, 2019 · In the American Accent Training, it shows /ū/ (a line over u) is a tense vowel, and takes "smooth" as an example. However, according to Merriam-Webster dictionary, it should …

  4. What is the opposite of the word "confirm"? [closed]

    Apr 14, 2015 · It depends on: in which sense of the word, and in what context, you want to use the sentence. Possible antonyms: refute, deny and other words.

  5. verbs - What is the opposite of postpone? - English Language

    Possible Duplicate: How do I say “Our meeting is preponed”? A friend of mine asked me this question, and it caught my curiosity. Is there an explicit opposite of the word …

  6. single word requests - What's the opposite of "precede"? - English ...

    In the particular context that I'm in, I was writing about several lines of programming. For simplicity, let's call them: line a line b First, I described line a. Great. Then I wanted to write ...

  7. single word requests - What is the opposite of "steep"? - English ...

    Neither shallow nor gentle are the opposite of steep, but rather words we make do with because there is no actual word for what we mean; when asked the opposite of gentle or shallow we …

  8. What is the opposite word to "indent"—"outdent" or "unindent"?

    Feb 3, 2014 · Partly due to the popularity of Microsoft and Adobe, outdent is commonly used in commercial text editors. In my experience, though, unindent (often hyphenated) is used to …

  9. What would be an appropriate opposite of "exceed"?

    Exceed is commonly used, but when I found myself wanting to use the opposite I couldn't really find a single word that would do it. fall short of and inadequate are a little off. How about deceed?

  10. word choice - What is the opposite of Optimal? - English …

    Jun 17, 2014 · Obviously something can be sub-optimal or poor, minimal, bad or terrible... But is there a word that means the exact opposite, the antonym, of optimal?