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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.
ray
Noun
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A ray is a line of light or energy, coming out from where it starts.
Some rays of light from the sun shone between the leaves of the tree and lighted the top of his head.
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A ray in math is a line that starts at one point and goes on forever in one direction.
Two rays that start at the same point make an angle.
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A ray is a type of fish which lives on the bottom of the ocean.