Antipodes
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ænˈtɪp.əˌdiz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antipodes is a noun meaning The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
Meaning
The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
More Meanings
- The Southern Hemisphere.
- (UK, now rare) Australia and New Zealand.
- (figuratively, by extension) The opposite of something.
- plural of antipode
Example Sentences
We should hold day with the Antipodes, If you would walk in absence of the sun.
The loud, rapid, eager tones, the incessant motion, the intense vital activity manifested in speech and action, are the very antipodes of the quiet, unimpulsive, unanimated Malay.
The sleepy yet shrewd judge was the antipodes to confidence, but to Don Manuel he felt no hesitation in frankly stating his actions and their motives, from his first arrival in Spain to the present time.
[…]a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antipole, antipodism, antiepicentre, counter-earth, antimeridian, antoeci.
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