what the word..

[cortjest]

there is a word that has 2 meanings which are oppeset of each other, what is this word?

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i hate stupid people

[NanoByte]

'Oversight' comes close.

Ray

Cleave

Cleave

[RealityChuck]

Actually, there are several, including "fast" (which can mean both "rapid" and "unmoving") and "moot" (which can mean "debateable" and "not subject to debate").

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[the first supraliminal]

oxymoron?

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[GregAtlanta]

1. "literally," meaning actually, really, in fact
"He's literally jumping up and down with joy."
2."literally" meaning not actually, not really, more as a metaphor or hyperbole
"You can literally cut the tension with a knife."
The contradictory meanings make the word effectively useless.
-- Greg, Atlanta

[Gr8Kat]

2."literally" meaning not actually, not really, more as a metaphor or hyperbole
"You can literally cut the tension with a knife."

I always thought people who said things like that didn't know what "literally" meant.

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"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it," Jack Handy

[Nickrz]

Gr8Kat is correct. Anyone who uses "literally" in a figurative should be taken out and shot. Literally.

[mr john]

I read the question diferently. What is the term for a word that is its own antonym?
BTW what is a good site for looking up words I don't know how to spell? (couldn't remember if it was antI or AntO) Incedently,Bee, is there much call for pulling the wool over bee's eyes?

[sly]

[url]http://www.m-w.com[url]

cleave [1,]: to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly

cleave: [2,] to separate into distinct parts and especially into groups having divergent views

But, you already knew that.

Incidentally, "incedently" is spelled i-n-c-i-d-e-n-t-a-l-l-y.

[Lumpy]

Incidentally, "incedently" is spelled i-n-c-i-d-e-n-t-a-l-l-y.

Sum peepul are so iggorunt that thay dont no how to spel corectaly.

[NanoByte]

Some of the young'uns would say 'cool' and 'bad'.

Ray

[mr john]

Thanx Sly,see what i mean?
Lumpy,and some people have a learning disability called dyslexia, two of them live in This house.