This week’s word has been chosen by Ray Gillespie, Director at Worcester Web Studio: Auto-antonym. I love thinking of words that are auto-antonyms. Some of my favourites: “Dust” can mean to add dust (e.g. to dust a cake) or remove dust (e.g. cleaning a house) “Sanction” can mean to allow within a set of rules…
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This week’s word has been chosen by Ray Gillespie, Director at Worcester Web Studio: Auto-antonym.
I love thinking of words that are auto-antonyms. Some of my favourites:
“Dust” can mean to add dust (e.g. to dust a cake) or remove dust (e.g. cleaning a house)
“Sanction” can mean to allow within a set of rules or to punish for breaking the rules
“Shelled” can be something with a shell, or something that’s had its shell removed
“Screen” can mean to show (e.g. a movie) or to hide from view
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