Anticlockwise and Clockwise

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Anticlockwise adverb - In a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.

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Clockwise is an antonym for anticlockwise.

Clockwise adverb - In the direction that the hands of a clock move.

Usage example: please move clockwise in a circle

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Anticlockwise is an antonym for clockwise in counterclockwise topic.

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Clockwise and Anticlockwise. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/anticlockwise/clockwise

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