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ON THE OTHER HAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does on the other hand mean?
• ON THE OTHER HAND (adverb)
The adverb ON THE OTHER HAND has 1 sense:
1. (contrastive) from another point of view
Familiarity information: ON THE OTHER HAND used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(contrastive) from another point of view
Synonyms:
on the other hand; then again
Context example:
then again, she might not go
Antonym:
on the one hand (from one point of view)
Context examples
On the other hand, your friends may be supportive of your union, so if you are in love and happy together, you might now be ready to become engaged or to marry.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
On the other hand, studies suggest that exposure to certain microbes early in life may protect against allergies and asthma.
(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)
Pit chains, on the other hand, are surface expressions of subsurface fractures.
(Dawn Explores Ceres' Interior Evolution, NASA)
On the other hand, the research team also identified brain regions that are more strongly 'de-coupled' from the rest of the network in more intelligent people.
(Smart People Have Better Connected Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Kidney transplantation, on the other hand, is necessary when these patients reach terminal stages of renal failure, an expected chronic complication of MMA.
(Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia, National Institutes of Health)
On the other hand, he had not sacrificed strength.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
On the other hand, although it is trivial, it is undoubtedly queer, and I know that you have a taste for all that is out of the common.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On the other hand, we brought to the surface an object of a most unexpected kind.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The moons just outside the main rings, on the other hand, appear more blue, similar to the light from Enceladus' icy plumes.
(NASA's Cassini Finds Saturn's Rings Coat Tiny Moons, NASA)
Small stars, on the other hand, consist almost entirely of convective, roiling regions.
(Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster, NASA)
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