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English

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Etymology

oppositus, from opponere, to oppose

Pronunciation

  • (UK): IPA: /ˈɒpəzɪt/,
  • (US): IPA: /ˈɑpəzɪt/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-opposite.ogg


Adjective

  1. located directly across from something else, or from each other
  2. : She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.
  3. face|facing in the other direction
  4. : They were moving in opposite directions.
  5. of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things
  6. : He has a lot of success with the opposite sex.


Derived terms


Translations

  • Hebrew:
  • Hungarian:
  • Arabic:
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|opačný|m}}
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • German:
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|あべこべな|tr=abekobe na|sc=Jpan}}

Noun

  1. something opposite or contrary to another
  2. an opponent
  3. an antonym
  4. : "Up" is the opposite of "down".


Derived terms


Translations

  • Finnish: , ,

Adverb

opposite

  1. in an opposite position
  2. : I was on my seat and she stood opposite.


Translations

  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • German:
  • Japanese: あべこべに (abekobe ni)

Preposition

opposite

  1. facing, or across from
  2. : He lives opposite the pub.
  3. in a complementary role to
  4. : He played opposite Marilyn Monroe.


Translations

  • Czech: ,
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German:

See also


Category:1000 English basic words Category:English prepositions

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English opposite \op"po*site\ ([o^]p"p[-o]*z[i^]t or
[o^]p"p[-o]*s[i^]t), a. [F., fr. L. oppositus, p. p. of
opponere. See Opponent.]
1. Placed over against; standing or situated over against or
in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite
to the Exchange; the concert hall and the state theater
stood opposite each other on the plaza.
[1913 Webster]

2. Situated on the other end of an imaginary line passing
through or near the middle of an intervening space or
object; -- of one object with respect to another; as, the
office is on the opposite side of town; -- also used both
to describe two objects with respect to each other; as,
the stores were on opposite ends of the mall.
[PJC]

3. Applied to the other of two things which are entirely
different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite
extreme; antonyms have opposite meanings.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

4. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant;
antagonistic.
[1913 Webster]

Novels, by which the reader is misled into another
sort of pleasure opposite to that which is designed
in an epic poem. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes
almost opposite, significations. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Bot.)
(a) Set over against each other, but separated by the
whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same
node.
(b) Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as
a stamen which stands before a petal.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Opposite \Op"po*site\, n.
1. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

The opposites of this day's strife. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning;
as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the opposite of
down.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

The virtuous man meets with more opposites and
opponents than any other. --Landor.
[1913 Webster]

polar opposite that which is conspicuously different in
most important respects.
[PJC]
WordNet opposite
adj 1: being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the
opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the
alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the
street"; "at opposite poles"
2: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
"opposite leaves" [syn: paired] [ant: alternate]
3: moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite
directions"; "they went in opposite directions"
4: the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex";
"the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite
colors"
5: 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"-
Charles Reade
6: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in
diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or
opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme
and indefensible polar positions" [syn: diametric, diametrical,
polar]
n 1: two words that express opposing concepts; "to him the
opposite of gay was depressed" [syn: antonym, {opposite
word}]
2: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older
than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse,
contrary]
3: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition,
opponent]
4: something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when
the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" [syn: inverse]
adv : 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"; "they sat
opposite at the table" [syn: face-to-face]
Moby Dictionary
across , adversary , adversative , adverse , adversive , against , alien ,
antagonistic , anti , antipathetic , antipodal , antipode , antipodean ,
antipodes , antipole , antithesis , antithetic , antithetical , antonym ,
antonymous , at cross-purposes , at opposite extremes , back to back ,
balancing , clashing , compensating , competitive , con , conflicting ,
confronting , contra , contradictory , contradistinct , contrapositive ,
contrarious , contrariwise , contrary , contrary to , contrast ,
contrasted , contrasting , converse , counter , counteractive ,
counterbalance , counterbalancing , countercheck , counterpoint ,
counterpoise , counterpoised , counterpole , counterterm ,
countervailing , cross , dead against , detrimental , different ,
differing , difficult , disaccordant , discordant , discrepant ,
dissentient , dissimilar , divergent , diverse , enemy ,
eyeball to eyeball , eyeball-to-eyeball , face to face , facing , foil ,
fractious , fronting , hard , harmful , hostile , in contact with ,
in contrast with , in front of , in opposition , in opposition to ,
inconsistent , independent , inimical , inverse , irreconcilable ,
just opposite , miserable , negative , noncooperative , nose to nose ,
not easy , obstinate , obverse , offset , on , opponent , opposed ,
opposing , opposite number , opposite to , oppositional , oppositive ,
oppugnant , over against , overthwart , perverse , polar , polaric ,
polarized , poles apart , recalcitrant , refractory , replica ,
repugnant , reverse , rigorous , rival , separate , setoff , sinister ,
squared off , stressful , the contrary , the other side , to , toward ,
troublesome , troublous , trying , unalike , unconnected ,
uncooperative , unfavorable , unfriendly , unlike , unpropitious ,
unrelated , unsimilar , untoward , up against , upon , versus ,
vis-a-vis , wretched


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