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opposite English

Meaning opposite meaning

What does opposite mean?

Definitions in simple English

opposite Preposition

— If A is opposite B, they are facing each other. The bank is just opposite this hotel, right across the street there.

opposite Adjective

— If two things are opposite, they are the same kind but completely different from each other. "Go left. No, right!" "Do you want me to go left or right? I mean, they're opposite directions, aren't they?" I don't think we can work together. We're too opposite. Black is the opposite of white. "Yes" is the opposite of "no". Day is the opposite of night.

opposite Noun

— The opposite of something is something else of the same kind but completely different. My kids always do the exact opposite of what I tell them. The word dust is its own opposite, meaning both put on and take off dust.

opposite

— adjective being directly across from each other; facing 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 — adjective moving or facing away from each other looking in opposite directions they went in opposite directions — adjective (= paired) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem opposite leaves — adjective the other one of a complementary pair the opposite sex the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors — adjective altogether different in nature or quality or significance the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest — Charles Reade — noun (= antonym) a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other to him the antonym of 'gay' was 'depressed' — noun (= opposition) a contestant that you are matched against — noun (= reverse) a relation of direct opposition we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true — adjective (= diametric, diametrical, polar) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed in diametric contradiction to his claims diametrical (or opposite) points of view opposite meanings extreme and indefensible polar positions — adverb (= face-to-face) directly facing each other 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 — noun (= inverse) something inverted in sequence or character or effect when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse

Synonyms opposite synonyms

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opposite English » English

contrary reverse inverse facing against converse across upon antonym adverse across from reversed opposed to opposed contradictory opposition in exchange for vis-à-vis vis-a-vis opposing contrast antithesis other in front of opposite word opponent on the opposite side obverse near to inverted face-to-face face to face face confronting antagonism additive inverse wrong resistance reciprocal polar paired other side oppositely opposite to objection next to inside out hostility fronting dissension

Topics opposite topics

What do people use opposite to talk about?

States Quality Type, kind Compare

Opposite

What words describe two things that are opposite?

opposite

Person Life

Male, female

What words refer to a person of the other sex?

the opposite sex

Language and thought Communication Language

Word

What words refer to words that are similar in meaning?

synonym synonymous derivative antonym opposite of

States Quality Type, kind Compare

Same

What words indicate that something in one group is the same in some way as something in another group?

corresponding equivalent counterpart opposite number

States Location Here, there

Across

What words indicate that something is across from something else?

across across from on the other side of on the opposite side of beyond offshore from

Examples opposite examples

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Simple sentences

By mistake I boarded a train going in the opposite direction.

You say one thing and then act just the opposite.

She feels very shy in the presence of the opposite sex.

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Communism is the exact opposite.

Waking up is the opposite of going to sleep.

Uploading is the opposite of downloading.

The sentence is capable of two interpretations, of which the first is the exact opposite of the other.

Wholeness is the opposite of duality.

I can't say the opposite.

The flower shop is opposite the park.

Love and hate are opposite emotions.

The young man came out of the house opposite.

His remarks had the opposite effect.

Their house is just opposite the bus stop.

Opposite the park there is a beautiful river.

Opposite there is a six-story building.

The opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel.

The very opposite is the truth.

The opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.

What they said to you is exactly the opposite of what they told me yesterday.

When I was a teenager I had lots of hair on my head and none on my chest. Now it's just the opposite.

They went in opposite directions.

A gaggle of intoxicated youths stopped to ponder whether there is an Opposite Day in Bizarro World.

A man was fishing on the opposite bank.

Movie subtitles

Mars also lies in the Goldilocks Zone, but it has the opposite problem of Venus.

I'll call my opposite number in the Burns Unit.

It was completely the opposite.

In most cases, clients would run in the opposite direction.

Seriously, I-I want to make amends to Valencia, and this is like the opposite of that.

I remember once, when I was little, the fair came to the bombsite opposite the church.

The combatants of the two opposite factions ceased all hostilities instantly, and went on to build a formidable defensive perimeter in a perfect circle of 30 kilometers around the plateau located right in the middle of Daskasan.

You will sleep in the room opposite.

Neville, you take the opposite section to the south.

Put the men in the house opposite at the same level.

However, let me assure you I'm very happy that tonight you will be sitting opposite me at dinner.

The girl in the opposite box whom you just spoke to.

We're going in the opposite direction.

But we were travelling in the opposite direction.

They can do that in the same direction Or in the opposite direction.

Just the opposite. It's realistic.

The clock opposite the vault was stopped by a bullet at 12:09.

On his script, he had each camera setup for the day's shooting noted in his own handwriting opposite the dialogue.

He had starred in The Big House, The Bat Whispers and The Red-Headed Woman opposite Jean Harlow, just before being slated for The Invisible Man.

The eminent George Bernard Shaw personally chose him to star opposite Vivien Leigh in the British production of Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, released in 1946.

Good. Put the men in the house opposite at the same level. - Get in by the back doors.

I would do just the opposite. I would try to be twice as charming as the charming lady.

Well, sit down. Sit down there opposite me.

I've met a girl who's just the opposite of your lovely, fleshly self, the first girl that's attracted me since you opened my veins and carried away my blood in a golden bowl.

In the bar opposite.

The character of Mme Lepic is exactly the opposite of mine.

I wanted to sit opposite because it used to be mine. It's true!

She always took the same seat. opposite me.

She discreetly sat down. opposite me without a word nor a glance.

The exact opposite of our goal!

I try to make his life smooth and pleasant, the very opposite of all that back there.

Where does he live? Just opposite?

Well, it's romantic to whistle at the opposite sex.

You see, we didn't have any money, so we went third class, and there was a farmer on the opposite bench with cheese in his lap.

News and current affairs

Indeed, the opposite is true.

So the al-Saud have become Janus-faced: looking in one direction, the royal family encourages democratic reformers to speak out; looking in the opposite direction, it jails them when they do.

The reality is the opposite: for several reasons, growth will slow further in the second half of 2012 and be even lower in 2013 - close to stall speed.

Machiavelli may be correct, but we sometimes forget that the opposite of love is not fear, but hatred.

Instead, the Bush administration seems intent on doing just the opposite.

Serious economists whom I respect enormously find themselves taking strong positions on opposite sides of this debate.

In fact, the exact opposite is true.

At the opposite end of the spectrum of policy choices is a preventive attack: a military strike (most likely by Israel, the US, or both) against sites in Iran associated with its nuclear program.

But sport can also become a kind of gigantic, distracting screen behind which nasty regimes do outrageous things - the very opposite of the Olympic and World Cup spirit.

At the opposite extreme are the debt-ceiling absolutists who want governments to start balancing their budgets tomorrow (if not yesterday).

Whereas tax credits point in the direction of replacement incomes, raising the minimum wage points in the opposite direction, by making income more dependent on jobs.

The Bush administration did the opposite.

While eugenic practices led to a restriction of reproductive freedom and worse, reprogenetics can do the opposite.

MIT economists tend to espouse the opposite: fairness is important, the real world is unacceptably unfair, and government failure can be prevented by good institutional design, including democracy.

The supervisor of the home country (Italy) has the opposite interest.

Indeed, the opposite is true. Nuclear power is saddled with three major unresolved risks: plant safety, nuclear waste, and, most menacing of all, the risk of military proliferation.

The opposite is true for regional groupings in Africa and in the Middle East where trade with the outside world is more important than intra-regional trade.

According to general laws of physics, everything tends to disorder - a process known as entropy. Less well understood is why some agents do the opposite, tending toward order and structure.

But, perhaps as a consequence of concerted efforts to improve the recognition of bipolar disorder, during the past few years we have observed the emergence of an opposite phenomenon - over-diagnosis.

By contrast, the government sector has been moving in the opposite direction, as state and local governments retrench and federal purchases top out after post-crisis deficit explosions.

Swept up in the blame game, the US is doing the opposite.

But the opposite is true, and it is important that those who care about the global trading system know what is happening.

Could the opposite happen?

The opposite is true in Europe.

Just the opposite is true: such policies expose an indifference to one's own freedom and pave the way for war.

While their stated aim was to save the euro, the government leaders involved did exactly the opposite, producing increased nervousness and volatility in financial markets, which in turn exacerbated Ireland's problems.

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