Synonym: compare, liken, match, measure. Similar words: contrast to, by contrast, on the contrary, contract, contractor, to the contrary, control, contribute. Meaning: ['kɒntrɑːst] 
n. 1. the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared 2. the act of distinguishing by comparing differences 3. a conceptual separation or distinction 4. the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors 5. the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness). v. 1. put in opposition to show or emphasize differences 2. to show differences when compared; be different.
n. 1. the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared 2. the act of distinguishing by comparing differences 3. a conceptual separation or distinction 4. the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors 5. the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness). v. 1. put in opposition to show or emphasize differences 2. to show differences when compared; be different. 
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121. In contrast to all other social welfare policies, public assistance programmes for the poor are the most controversial.
122. In contrast, a pronounced net fluid absorption was recorded on days 11-14.
123. Also, as the Senate leader, Dole can contrast himself with Clinton with a legislative agenda that reinforces his campaign message.
124. Weld has adopted an unusually low-key posture at this meeting in contrast to the high-profile figure he has cut in the past.
125. These were in contrast to upland permanent pasture, where arable farming could only be undertaken infrequently, in special circumstances.
126. By contrast, there was a general shift from subsistence agriculture to the production of cash crops and the provision of services.
127. By contrast, Dole and his wife, Elizabeth, rarely display affection in public.
128. In contrast, an alternative approach is to invest soas to increase production.
129. In contrast to the Lisa approach, the Macintosh team implemented its interface issues on an ad hoc basis.
130. The difficulty is best explained by contrast with a eukaryotic species - for example the house mouse, Mus musculus.
131. In contrast with serum, the ratios of 5-ASA to Ac-5-ASA are higher than 1, reflecting the abundant supply of 5-ASA.
132. By contrast a municipal corporation was a public governmental authority with administrative duties owed to all the inhabitants of its area.
133. The best known example of the phenomenon is in cells of the retina, where its effect is to heighten contrast.
134. Amazingly, the contrast between his before and after physique was barely discernible.
135. Dallas investors, by contrast, were 20 percent more optimistic than the national average.
136. By contrast, bureaucrats tend to regard advice from superiors as an affront and are not shy about saying so.
137. As a whole group they are in relative or absolute poverty, in contrast to the general adult population of working age.
138. By contrast the Interior Minister, Pierre Joxe, advocated greater internal autonomy.
139. Females, by contrast, gain no advantage by mating with many males.
140. It may be possible to apply all of these to groups who contrast in some way, so facilitating a comparative analysis.
141. In contrast to the heavenly city,(www.Sentencedict.com) the earthly city is occupied by the fallen angels and the impious.
142. By contrast, contractionary policies would reap the benefits of lower inflation, but at the cost of higher unemployment.
143. In contrast the epidemiologist views the surgeon's patients at the aggregate level as clusters of variables.
144. The military activity was in stark contrast to the peaceful appearance of the islands.
145. Much of this development has involved sugar-cane cultivation on sloping terrain in contrast to its confinement to flat alluvial areas prior to 1960.
146. In contrast the physical environment and equipment specifications have received considerable attention.
147. In 1956, the contrast from conduct at all previous conventions was startling.
148. By contrast MDC's land reclamation and infrastructural provisions have demonstrated a markedly weaker propensity for attracting private capital.
149. In Belgrade, by contrast, Milosevic had remained a political actor, and a pivot for extreme nationalist forces.
150. By contrast older established partners may be less keen on expansion in view of the added pressures it will produce.
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