English Explanatory Dictionary

ob-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Against; facing; a combining prefix found in verbs of Latin origin.
  2. Of a reversed shape.
prefix
  1. Obligatory; prepended to the name of a topic being mentioned to avoid accusations of being off-topic.

Word forms

ob-

Etymology

From Latin ob-.

Synonyms

anti- counter- contra- dys- thread tax
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on O Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary