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Anticlockwise

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Meaning

Adj

In Australian English, British English, Canadian English, Hong Kong English, Irish English, New Zealand English, Singapore English & South African English:
in a
be
to the
at the
of the
and to the right at
(when
from the front), in the
to
the
of an
move.

Adv

In Australian English & New Zealand English:
In an
fashion.
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Origin

anticlockwise
English
arrow
-wise
English
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wise
English
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wis
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
wise
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
wisen
Middle English (1100-1500)
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wisian
Middle English (1100-1500)
anti-
English
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ἀντί
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
clock
English
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