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opposite
Preposition
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If A is opposite B, they are facing each other.
The bank is just opposite this hotel, right across the street there.
opposite
Adjective
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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
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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.
course
Noun
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In school, a course is a class in a specific subject.
The science course was very difficult.
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A course is the path that something follows in space or in time.
During the course of the evening, things went from bad to worse.
The economy grew quickly over the course of the next few years.
In the course of testing the drug, they found new uses for it.
One teacher can completely change the course of your life.
We'll have to let the disease take its course.
It is important that we decide now on the future course for the company.
The wind kept blowing the boat off course.
The course of the river has changed over time.
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For a meal, a course is one part of a meal such as dessert.
We usually do not eat a meal with nine courses.
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Some games are played on a course.
The game of golf is played on a golf course.
course
Verb
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If something courses, it runs or flows through something.
Blood courses through the veins and arteries in our bodies.
The oil coursed through the engine.