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  1. What are the differences between "inverse", "reverse", and …

    Apr 26, 2011 · Inverse: "If I have not received $100 in the mail today, I will not buy a pair of pants tomorrow." The truth or falsehood of the original hypothesis is not equivalent to either the …

  2. 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?

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

    Is there an explicit opposite of the word postpone? As in, do something in advance? Clearly what I just said is functionally equivalent to the answer I am seeking, but I was wondering if there was …

  4. terminology - What's the opposite/inverse of "rate"? - English …

    Apr 9, 2014 · 2 In economics, the term in [sparse] use seems to be inverse rate. Otherwise, it looks like the English language doesn't have an appropriate word. In electrical engineering, a …

  5. single word requests - What is the opposite of "abbreviation ...

    Dec 26, 2013 · What is the opposite of "abbreviation"? For example, if "ELL" is an abbreviation for "English Language Learners", then "English Language Learners" is a (n)

  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. What's the inverse of "scalable" — capable to be broken down …

    Apr 19, 2015 · First of all, you're asking for the inverse, not the opposite. (Inverse = reversed in direction, position, order, or tendency.) Secondly, scalable works in both directions. If you want …

  8. Opposite/inverse of duplicate - English Language & Usage Stack …

    5 What is a word that can function as the inverse of a duplicate question on Stack Exchange? I was looking, in the context of this question on meta, for such a word to distinguish the closed …

  9. Inverse of dependency - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    May 26, 2015 · In a project management context where A and B would be tasks, if A needs B, then B is a dependency of A. Is there a word to describe what A is to B? As @KateGregory …

  10. Opposite of "expanded"? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    12 In computer applications design, we usually use components that have an accordion behavior. In that sense, we call the opposite of expand as collapse. You can see an example of that …