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opposite

adjective · noun · adverb

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01adjective

being directly across from each other; facing

“And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm”

“we lived on opposite sides of the street”

02adjective

of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

“opposite leaves”

03adjective

moving or facing away from each other

“looking in opposite directions”

“they went in opposite directions”

04adjective

the other one of a complementary pair

“the opposite sex”

“the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors”

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05adjective

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”

06adjective

characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

“in diametric contradiction to his claims”

“diametrical (or opposite) points of view”

07noun

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’”

08noun

a relation of direct opposition

“we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true”

09noun

a contestant that you are matched against

10noun

something inverted in sequence or character or effect

“when the direct approach failed, he tried the inverse”

11adverb

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”

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