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Sailsofoblivion Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Two questions!

Is the antonym of "to sell back" "to sell on"? As few people say "to sell forward"?


I was also wondering if "be" and "is" can ever act as synonyms since be means "to exist" and is means pretty much the same thing? "be her friend" / "is her friend"? Are the same thing, just a different tense?


Thanks in advance!

Emma

  

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sailsofoblivion Is the antonym of "to sell back" "to sell on"? That's one possibility. Antonyms are tricky.

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  • sailsofoblivion Is the antonym of "to sell back" "to sell on"?
  • That's one possibility.
  • Antonyms are tricky.
  • It depends on which aspect of a word you want the opposite of.
  • The antonym of 'to sell back' may just as well be 'to buy back'.
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sailsofoblivionIs the antonym of "to sell back" "to sell on"?

That's one possibility. Antonyms are tricky. It depends on which aspect of a word you want the opposite of. The antonym of 'to sell back' may just as well be 'to buy back'.

I'm told that where adults will say "The opposite of 'buy' is 'sell'", children sometimes think "The opposite of 'b

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sailsofoblivion

Is the antonym of "to sell back" "to sell on"? As few people say "to sell forward"?

I don't think so. Is this what you mean?

I sold the car back to the original owner. (The person you bought it from buys it back.)

A wholesaler sells goods in bulk to a retailer. The retailer repackages the items and sells

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For example:


I bought the car from him and I'm going to sell it back to him. - The first part of the sentence is the opposite of the last part.


Do you often sell stuff on eBay? - The opposite is: Do you often buy stuff on eBay?


"Be" and "is" can be synonymous, for example:


She wants me (Sarah) to be her friend.

She wants people to say: Sa

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