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opposite

adj
/ˈɒp.ə.zɪt/UK/ˈɑ.pə.sɪt/US/ˈɒp.ə.zɪt/CA/ˈɔp.ə.zɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English opposit, borrowed from Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“to oppose”). Compare oppose.

  1. derived from oposite
  2. inherited from opposit

Definitions

  1. Located directly across from something else, or from each other.

    • She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.

  2. Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.

  3. Facing in the other direction.

    • They were moving in opposite directions.
  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.

      • He is attracted to the opposite sex.

    2. Extremely different

      Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

      • Novels, by which the reader is misled into another sort of pieasure opposite to that which is designed in an epick poem.
      • , Book III Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations.

    3. Something opposite or contrary to something else.

    4. A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something…

      A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.

      • She is the opposite of her ex-boyfriend who abused her both physically and verbally nearly every day for five years. She now works as an advocate and supportive listener for others who have endured abusive relationships.

    5. An opponent.

    6. An antonym.

      • "Up" is the opposite of "down".

    7. An additive inverse.

    8. In an opposite position.

      • I was on my seat and she stood opposite.
      • Where's the bus station? -Over there, just opposite.

    9. On another channel at the same time.

    10. Facing, or across from.

      • There’s a bus stop opposite the faculty entrance, right on the other side of the road.

    11. In a complementary role to.

      • He played opposite Marilyn Monroe.

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Derived

on opposite sides of the barricades, opposite angle, oppositely, oppositeness, opposite number, opposite sex, opposite side, oppo taco, subopposite, opposites attract, polar opposite, quite the opposite

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA