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Opposite   /ˈɑpəzət/  /ˈɑpzət/   Listen
Opposite

adjective
1.
Being directly across from each other; facing.  "We lived on opposite sides of the street" , "At opposite poles"
2.
Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem.  Synonym: paired.  Antonym: alternate.
3.
Moving or facing away from each other.  "They went in opposite directions"
4.
The other one of a complementary pair.  "The two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"
5.
Altogether different in nature or quality or significance.  "It is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"
6.
Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed.  Synonyms: diametric, diametrical, polar.  "Diametrical (or opposite) points of view" , "Opposite meanings" , "Extreme and indefensible polar positions"
noun
1.
A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.  Synonyms: antonym, opposite word.  Antonym: synonym.
2.
A relation of direct opposition.  Synonyms: contrary, reverse.
3.
A contestant that you are matched against.  Synonyms: opponent, opposition.
4.
Something inverted in sequence or character or effect.  Synonym: inverse.
adverb
1.
Directly facing each other.  Synonym: face-to-face.  "Lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street" , "They sat opposite at the table"



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"Opposite" Quotes from Famous Books



... social, commercial and ecclesiastical life was the village green, a plot of ground on which the boys played ball, and in the middle of which was the liberty pole and the band-stand. On one side of the green was a long block of stores, and on the opposite side a row of churches, side by side, five in number. There was the Meeting House, in plain gray; "The First Church of Durford," with a Greek portico in front; "The Central Church," with a box-like tower and a slender steeple with a gilded rooster perched on top—an edifice which looked ...
— Hepsey Burke • Frank Noyes Westcott
... every direction, in the hope of collecting some insects, when Gringalet pricked up his ears and showed his teeth. The rustling of dry leaves attracted our attention to a slope opposite to us, on which ...
— Adventures of a Young Naturalist • Lucien Biart
... Right opposite to Osaka, on the other side of the river Jodo, there is another town called Sakay, not so large as Osaka, but of considerable extent, and having great trade to all the neighbouring country. Having left samples and lists of prices of all our commodities with our host at Osaka, ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. • Robert Kerr
... thee," answered the squire; "so doff thy clothes. At unt half a man, and I'll lick thee as well as wast ever licked in thy life." He then bespattered the youth with abundance of that language which passes between country gentlemen who embrace opposite sides of the question; with frequent applications to him to salute that part which is generally introduced into all controversies that arise among the lower orders of the English gentry at horse-races, cock-matches, and ...
— The History of Tom Jones, a foundling • Henry Fielding
... the opposite side of the square they were halted by a sudden commotion which drove all thoughts of food out of their minds. From a building across the street issued a bugle-call, upon which an indescribable confusion broke forth. Men ...
— The Ne'er-Do-Well • Rex Beach


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