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Main Entry:
or
[
awr;
unstressed
er
]
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/
ɔr;
unstressed
ər
/
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Part of Speech:
conjunction
Definition:
a suggestion of correction
Synonyms:
contrary to, in reverse,
instead
,
instead of
, on the contrary, oppositely, or not, or not exactly, or rather,
rather
, reversing it
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