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opposite
[ op-uh-zit, -sit ]
adjective
- situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing:
opposite ends of a room.
- contrary or radically different in some respect common to both, as in nature, qualities, direction, result, or significance; opposed:
opposite sides in a controversy;
opposite directions.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- being the other of two related or corresponding things:
Most of my family lives on the opposite coast, so I only see them a few times a year.
- Botany.
- situated on diametrically opposed sides of an axis, as leaves when there are two on one node.
- having one organ vertically above another; superimposed.
- adverse or inimical.
noun
- a person or thing that is opposite or contrary.
- an antonym.
- Archaic. an opponent; antagonist.
preposition
- across from; facing:
The guest of honor sat opposite me at the banquet.
- in a role parallel or complementary to:
He has played opposite many leading ladies.
adverb
- on opposite sides.
- on the opposite side:
I was at one end and she sat opposite.
- to the opposite side; in the opposite direction:
I went to the left balcony, and he went opposite.
opposite
/ ˈɒpəzɪt; -sɪt /
adjective
- situated or being on the other side or at each side of something between
their houses were at opposite ends of the street
- facing or going in contrary directions
opposite ways
- diametrically different in character, tendency, belief, etc
opposite views
- botany
- (of leaves, flowers, etc) arranged in pairs on either side of the stem
- (of parts of a flower) arranged opposite the middle of another part
- maths
- (of two vertices or sides in an even-sided polygon) separated by the same number of vertices or sides in both a clockwise and anticlockwise direction
- (of a side in a triangle) facing a specified angle opp
noun
- a person or thing that is opposite; antithesis
- maths the side facing a specified angle in a right-angled triangle
- a rare word for opponent
preposition
- Alsoopposite to facing; corresponding to (something on the other side of a division)
the house opposite ours
- as a co-star with
she played opposite Olivier in ``Hamlet''
adverb
- on opposite sides
she lives opposite
opposite
- Arranged as one of a pair on either side of a stem or twig. Maple and ash trees have opposite leaves.
- Compare alternate
Derived Forms
- ˈDZDzٱԱ, noun
- ˈDZDzٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- DZ··ٱ· adverb
- DZ··ٱ·Ա noun
- ܲ·DZ··ٱ adjective
- sub·DZ··ٱ· adverb
- sub·DZ··ٱ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Putin's invasion of Ukraine put the US and Russia on opposite sides, but times are changing again.
We were opposite in many ways, and yet it worked.
Observations on iNaturalist are almost the complete opposite but can be used to document animals on a massive scale.
In fact, he's more interested in the opposite: promoting tyranny and combatting freedom.
They maintain, as do the Conservatives, that they still are, but it is also true that the Labour leadership's position is the opposite of what it was.
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