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Definitions of opposite
  1. adverb
    directly facing each other
    "they sat opposite at the table"
  2. adjective
    characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
    "diametrical (or opposite) points of view" "opposite meanings"
  3. adjective
    of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
    "opposite leaves"

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  4. noun
    a contestant that you are matched against

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  5. noun
    a relation of direct opposition

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  6. noun
    something inverted in sequence or character or effect

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  7. noun
    a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other

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  8. adjective
    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"

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  9. adjective
    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" "at opposite poles"

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  10. adjective
    moving or facing away from each other
    "looking in opposite directions" "they went in opposite directions"

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  11. adjective
    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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Examples of opposite
  • "they sat opposite at the table"
  • "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"
  • "opposite meanings"
  • "opposite leaves"
  • "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"
  • "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"
  • "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"
  • "we lived on opposite sides of the street"
  • "at opposite poles"
  • "looking in opposite directions"
  • "they went in opposite directions"
  • "the opposite sex"
  • "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"
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