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1. | [ adjective ] being directly across from each other; facing | |
Examples: | "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow "we lived on opposite sides of the street" "at opposite poles" |
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Related terms: | other | |
2. | [ adjective ] (botany) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem | |
Synonyms: | paired | |
Examples: | "opposite leaves" |
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Related terms: | alternate botany | |
3. | [ adjective ] moving or facing away from each other | |
Examples: | "looking in opposite directions" "they went in opposite directions" |
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Related terms: | other | |
4. | [ adjective ] the other one of a complementary pair | |
Examples: | "the opposite sex" "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors" |
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Related terms: | other | |
5. | [ adjective ] altogether different in nature or quality or significance | |
Examples: | "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended" "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade |
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Related terms: | different | |
6. | [ noun ] (linguistics) two words that express opposing concepts | |
Synonyms: | opposite_word antonym | |
Examples: | "to him the opposite of gay was depressed" |
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Related terms: | word indirect_antonym direct_antonym | |
7. | [ noun ] (sport,games) a contestant that you are matched against | |
Synonyms: | opponent opposition | |
Related terms: | contestant pit | |
8. | [ noun ] a relation of direct opposition | |
Synonyms: | contrary reverse | |
Examples: | "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" |
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Related terms: | opposition revoke | |
9. | [ adjective ] characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | |
Synonyms: | polar diametrical diametric | |
Examples: | "in diametric contradiction to his claims" "diametrical (or opposite) points of view" "opposite meanings" "extreme and indefensible polar positions" |
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Related terms: | different | |
10. | [ adverb ] directly facing each other | |
Synonyms: | face-to-face | |
Examples: | "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table" "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street" "they sat opposite at the table" |
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11. | [ pronoun ] preposition, facing | |
Synonyms: | versus vs. opposed_to against with in_exchange_for across_from | |
12. | [ pronoun ] preposition | |
13. | [ noun ] (math) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the inverse of 7 is 1/7 | |
Synonyms: | inverse reciprocal | |
Related terms: | opposition reciprocality multiplicative_inverse additive_inverse | |
14. | [ noun ] something inverted in sequence or character or effect | |
Synonyms: | inverse | |
Examples: | "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" |
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Related terms: | opposition | |
Similar spelling: |
oppositely oppositive opposition opposed opposed_to |