opposite1 prepositionopposite2 adjectiveopposite3 nounopposite4 adverb
oppositeop‧po‧site1 /ˈɒpəzət $ ˈɑːp-/ ●●● S2 W2 preposition 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Put the piano opposite the sofa.
Longman Language Activatorwhen two things or people are completely different
as different as possible from something else: · We have opposite viewpoints on almost everything.· During the summer there wasn't enough rain, but now we have the opposite problem.· Getting angry with him didn't work, so I tried the opposite approach.the opposite result/effect/conclusion etc: · The medicine was supposed to make him sleepy, but it had the opposite effect.
if two people or things are opposites , they are as different as possible from each other: · Although the sweet and sour flavours are opposites, they combine very well in this oriental dish.be complete opposites: · In both looks and personality the girls were complete opposites.be opposites in: · We were alike in interests and tastes, but we were opposites in temperament.
opposite to what is usual or to what has just been stated: · In some families the father goes out to work and the mother stays at home. In others, the reverse situation is true.· His advice had the reverse effect to that intended.
formal to be completely opposite in quality or character to something: · Love is the antithesis of selfishness.· His policies are the antitheses of all that makes us a decent, tolerant society.
someone or something that is completely different from someone or something else · Our first baby hardly ever cried in the night, but our second is the opposite - we never get any sleep.the opposite of · 'Light' is the opposite of both 'dark' and 'heavy'.do the opposite · They asked for our advice and then did the opposite!exactly/just the opposite · I thought she'd be upset by the news, but her reaction was exactly the opposite.
formal the exact opposite of the situation, idea, process that has just been mentioned: · The acid must be added to the water -- doing the reverse can be highly dangerous.· The economic situation is certainly improving, although widespread unemployment suggests the reverse.the reverse of: · He said that the rioters had been killed accidentally, the reverse of what had actually happened.
/round British the opposite of what you thought or of what someone has just said: · No, the street was named after the college, not the other way around (=the college was not named after the street).· I thought he was the boss and she was his secretary, but in fact it was the other way around.
used to talk about the opposite of a situation that you have just mentioned: · Whenever I'm at home, my husband seems to be out, and vice versa (=when I am out, he's at home) !· Astronomers were still uncertain whether the Earth travelled around the Sun or vice-versa.· Dutch speakers can usually understand German quite well, but not vice versa.
to stop doing one thing far too much, but then start doing the opposite far too much: · She used to eat too much, but now she's gone to the opposite extreme and is practically starving herself.· Doug's gone from one extreme to the other - it used to be impossible to drag him away from the TV. Now we can't get him to stay home.
opposite opinions, statements etc · We're good friends, but we have opposite views when it comes to politics.· It is strange how two scientists studying the same problem can come to completely opposite conclusions.· Margaret has very strong opinions, but she always tries to understand the opposite point of view.
opposing opinions, beliefs, statements etc are the opposite of each other: · Bobbie and Jo have opposing views on marriage.· Brad was prepared to accept that opposing beliefs could be held equally strongly and passionately.· The Party seems to be unsure which of two opposing political philosophies to follow.
completely opposite to and completely disagreeing with each other: · He feels that his Christian beliefs and the principles of capitalism are diametrically opposed.
spoken formal use this to tell someone that the opposite of what they say is true: · "Do you think the divorce will upset her family?'' "On the contrary. It will probably come as a relief.''· "You probably aren't interested in my opinion." "On the contrary, any ideas you have to add would be very welcome."
also quite the opposite/reverse especially British, spoken use this to tell someone that the opposite of a situation or statement is true: · My friends say I spend too much time studying, but my parents say just the opposite.· We were not in love at the time - quite the opposite in fact.
a statement or situation that contains two opposite ideas a statement or situation that contains two opposite ideas or parts, so that it seems strange that they could both be true at the same time: · There's a paradox in the fact that although we're living longer than ever before, people are more obsessed with health issues than they ever were.
in or from the opposite direction in or from the opposite direction: · Turn around and face the other way.· I waved to her but she didn't see -- she was looking the other way.· When you're overtaking, make sure there's nothing coming the other way.
: in the opposite/other direction · The driver sped off in the opposite direction.· Gloria and Mae set off one way while Ruth and Sarah went in the other direction.from the opposite direction · While everyone was watching the action on the left of the stage, the dancers entered from the opposite direction
moving or facing in the opposite direction from each other: · There were two paths going in opposite directions.· Two trains travelling in opposite directions crashed, killing twenty passengers.
to be opposite something or someone something that is opposite something else is facing it, for example on the other side of the street or on the other side of a table. In American English this is not used as an adverb: · The bathroom is opposite the bedroom.· When you get off the bus, you'll see a grocery store on the opposite side of the street.directly opposite (=exactly opposite): · The entrance to the park is directly opposite our house.diagonally opposite (=opposite and to one side): · Diagonally opposite the stove is a large stone sink.the house/chair/man etc opposite: · Pointing to the chair opposite, he said "Come and talk to me for a while."sit/stand etc opposite: · There was a thin dark woman sitting opposite me.live opposite (=to live in the opposite house): · The only contact she has is with the woman who lives opposite.
if one person, building, seat etc faces another, they are opposite each other, and each has their front towards the other: · Courtney's apartment faces the harbour.· The seat facing mine was empty.· They stood facing each other for a few minutes.
: across the street/road/river/table etc opposite from where you are, and on the other side of the street, road etc: · She lives across the road.· The prisoners' cells faced each other across an aisle.across the street/road etc from somebody/something: · Bill sat down across the desk from him.· Across the street from where we were standing was a little park.across from (=across the road from a place): · There's a hotel across from the station where we can go.
if two people are face to face , they are very close to and facing each other: sit/stand face to face: · We sat face to face across a narrow table.· They stood face to face, each struggling to control his temper.come face to face with somebody (=suddenly and unexpectedly face someone): · Turning the corner I came face to face with a security guard.
on the opposite side of something: · If you look across the lake, you can see Donald's house on the other side.on the other side of: · You can park on the other side of the road.· There was a little boat moored on the other side of the river.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Kevin’s teachers saw him as quiet and serious, but with his friends he was exactly the opposite. At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment. We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue. He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex (=people that were not his own sex). The two articles here represent opposite ends of the spectrum.
· A lot of scientific evidence supports the opposite conclusion.
(=furthest from where you are)· Something was moving in the far right corner of the garden.
· The car crashed into a truck that was coming in the opposite direction.
· Jon and his girlfriend were sitting at the opposite end of the bar.
Kevin’s teachers saw him as quiet and serious, but with his friends he was exactly the opposite. At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment.· See the diagram on the opposite page.
We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue. He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex (=people that were not his own sex).· On the other side of the river are some low hills.
The two articles here represent opposite ends of the spectrum.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the other/opposite side of the coin
1 especially British English if one thing or person is opposite another, they are facing each other: - The women hold diametrically opposed views on abortion.
- A more recent image is diametrically opposed to this and emphasizes the affluence of later life.
- Furthermore, the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed.
- In essence, the founding giants of the computer industry were diametrically opposed in both platform and product.
- It is clear that Guthrie and Linforth follow diametrically opposed methods and reach contradictory conclusions about the nature and existence of Orphism.
- Its neighbouring census tract to the north exhibited diametrically opposite trends, suggesting that whilst one area improved another declined.
- The assumptions in the two systems are almost diametrically opposed.
- Therefore, introspection and self-observation are diametrically opposed in action and effect, and should never be confused one with another.
- To begin with, he was diametrically opposed to the economic ideas advocated by Adam Smith.
- At 80, you are the exact opposite.
- Gloraida Malave, for example, was the exact opposite of Mones or Abukar.
- He was lively, witty and darkly handsome - the exact opposite of George.
- I said, which was about the exact opposite of what I really thought.
- Indeed, when it comes to the relative growth rates of imports and exports, the exact opposite is true.
- It is the exact opposite of the truth.
- John Major, he said, had the exact opposite of the Midas touch.
- This may not always be so - indeed, the exact opposite may be the case.
- CertainIV it should not accommodate its polar opposite.
- Eikmeyer's fundamental insight is that co-operation and non-co-operation are not simply polar opposites along a scale.
- However, the life-cycle savings model is the polar opposite case from pure classical savings.
- In fact the two strains-puritanism and pentecostalism-seem in some way to be nearly polar opposites.
- No such inhibitions stunt the growth of the rag trade at the polar opposite point from the basking Sloanes.
- Strickland was their polar opposite -- an irresponsible teammate and anti-leader.
- The Mark Hateley of suit and silk tie is a polar opposite to the Mark Hateley of shorts and bootlaces.
- When you bring together two polar opposites, the classless one will always drag the other one down.
The people sitting opposite us looked very familiar. on the wall opposite the door ► Do not say that one thing is ‘opposite to’ or ‘opposite of’ another. Say that one thing is opposite another: There’s a car park opposite the hotel.2play/star/appear etc opposite somebody to act with someone in a film, especially as the two main characters: a comedy in which he stars opposite Julia Robertsopposite1 prepositionopposite2 adjectiveopposite3 nounopposite4 adverb
oppositeopposite2 ●●● S3 W2 adjective [only before noun] WORD ORIGINopposite2
Origin:
1300-1400 French, Latin, past participle of opponere; ➔ OPPOSEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- During the summer there wasn't enough rain, but now we have the opposite problem.
- Getting angry with him didn't work, so I tried the opposite approach.
- It is strange how two scientists studying the same problem can come to completely opposite conclusions.
- Margaret has very strong opinions, but she always tries to understand the opposite point of view.
- Raising interest rates to slow the economy may have the opposite effect.
- The medicine was supposed to make him sleepy, but it had the opposite effect.
- two words with opposite meanings
- We're good friends, but we have opposite views when it comes to politics.
- We have opposite viewpoints on almost everything.
- As shown in the figure on the opposite page, these new elements represent the results that each technique tends to yield.
- He saw the propeller contact something and then appear to rotate in the opposite direction as the engine stopped.
- McFarlane, who had no exact counterpart on the opposite side, stood with Nitze and Max Kampelman.
- My opposite numbers, you understand.
- The sun has come to a standstill, hours above the river and the opposite shore.
Longman Language Activatorwhen two things or people are completely different
as different as possible from something else: · We have opposite viewpoints on almost everything.· During the summer there wasn't enough rain, but now we have the opposite problem.· Getting angry with him didn't work, so I tried the opposite approach.the opposite result/effect/conclusion etc: · The medicine was supposed to make him sleepy, but it had the opposite effect.
if two people or things are opposites , they are as different as possible from each other: · Although the sweet and sour flavours are opposites, they combine very well in this oriental dish.be complete opposites: · In both looks and personality the girls were complete opposites.be opposites in: · We were alike in interests and tastes, but we were opposites in temperament.
opposite to what is usual or to what has just been stated: · In some families the father goes out to work and the mother stays at home. In others, the reverse situation is true.· His advice had the reverse effect to that intended.
formal to be completely opposite in quality or character to something: · Love is the antithesis of selfishness.· His policies are the antitheses of all that makes us a decent, tolerant society.
someone or something that is completely different from someone or something else · Our first baby hardly ever cried in the night, but our second is the opposite - we never get any sleep.the opposite of · 'Light' is the opposite of both 'dark' and 'heavy'.do the opposite · They asked for our advice and then did the opposite!exactly/just the opposite · I thought she'd be upset by the news, but her reaction was exactly the opposite.
formal the exact opposite of the situation, idea, process that has just been mentioned: · The acid must be added to the water -- doing the reverse can be highly dangerous.· The economic situation is certainly improving, although widespread unemployment suggests the reverse.the reverse of: · He said that the rioters had been killed accidentally, the reverse of what had actually happened.
/round British the opposite of what you thought or of what someone has just said: · No, the street was named after the college, not the other way around (=the college was not named after the street).· I thought he was the boss and she was his secretary, but in fact it was the other way around.
used to talk about the opposite of a situation that you have just mentioned: · Whenever I'm at home, my husband seems to be out, and vice versa (=when I am out, he's at home) !· Astronomers were still uncertain whether the Earth travelled around the Sun or vice-versa.· Dutch speakers can usually understand German quite well, but not vice versa.
to stop doing one thing far too much, but then start doing the opposite far too much: · She used to eat too much, but now she's gone to the opposite extreme and is practically starving herself.· Doug's gone from one extreme to the other - it used to be impossible to drag him away from the TV. Now we can't get him to stay home.
opposite opinions, statements etc · We're good friends, but we have opposite views when it comes to politics.· It is strange how two scientists studying the same problem can come to completely opposite conclusions.· Margaret has very strong opinions, but she always tries to understand the opposite point of view.
opposing opinions, beliefs, statements etc are the opposite of each other: · Bobbie and Jo have opposing views on marriage.· Brad was prepared to accept that opposing beliefs could be held equally strongly and passionately.· The Party seems to be unsure which of two opposing political philosophies to follow.
completely opposite to and completely disagreeing with each other: · He feels that his Christian beliefs and the principles of capitalism are diametrically opposed.
spoken formal use this to tell someone that the opposite of what they say is true: · "Do you think the divorce will upset her family?'' "On the contrary. It will probably come as a relief.''· "You probably aren't interested in my opinion." "On the contrary, any ideas you have to add would be very welcome."
also quite the opposite/reverse especially British, spoken use this to tell someone that the opposite of a situation or statement is true: · My friends say I spend too much time studying, but my parents say just the opposite.· We were not in love at the time - quite the opposite in fact.
a statement or situation that contains two opposite ideas a statement or situation that contains two opposite ideas or parts, so that it seems strange that they could both be true at the same time: · There's a paradox in the fact that although we're living longer than ever before, people are more obsessed with health issues than they ever were.
in or from the opposite direction in or from the opposite direction: · Turn around and face the other way.· I waved to her but she didn't see -- she was looking the other way.· When you're overtaking, make sure there's nothing coming the other way.
: in the opposite/other direction · The driver sped off in the opposite direction.· Gloria and Mae set off one way while Ruth and Sarah went in the other direction.from the opposite direction · While everyone was watching the action on the left of the stage, the dancers entered from the opposite direction
moving or facing in the opposite direction from each other: · There were two paths going in opposite directions.· Two trains travelling in opposite directions crashed, killing twenty passengers.
to be opposite something or someone something that is opposite something else is facing it, for example on the other side of the street or on the other side of a table. In American English this is not used as an adverb: · The bathroom is opposite the bedroom.· When you get off the bus, you'll see a grocery store on the opposite side of the street.directly opposite (=exactly opposite): · The entrance to the park is directly opposite our house.diagonally opposite (=opposite and to one side): · Diagonally opposite the stove is a large stone sink.the house/chair/man etc opposite: · Pointing to the chair opposite, he said "Come and talk to me for a while."sit/stand etc opposite: · There was a thin dark woman sitting opposite me.live opposite (=to live in the opposite house): · The only contact she has is with the woman who lives opposite.
if one person, building, seat etc faces another, they are opposite each other, and each has their front towards the other: · Courtney's apartment faces the harbour.· The seat facing mine was empty.· They stood facing each other for a few minutes.
: across the street/road/river/table etc opposite from where you are, and on the other side of the street, road etc: · She lives across the road.· The prisoners' cells faced each other across an aisle.across the street/road etc from somebody/something: · Bill sat down across the desk from him.· Across the street from where we were standing was a little park.across from (=across the road from a place): · There's a hotel across from the station where we can go.
if two people are face to face , they are very close to and facing each other: sit/stand face to face: · We sat face to face across a narrow table.· They stood face to face, each struggling to control his temper.come face to face with somebody (=suddenly and unexpectedly face someone): · Turning the corner I came face to face with a security guard.
on the opposite side of something: · If you look across the lake, you can see Donald's house on the other side.on the other side of: · You can park on the other side of the road.· There was a little boat moored on the other side of the river.
someone who has the same position in another company, organization, or group · Belgian government officials are discussing the matter with their counterparts in France.· Eighteenth-century urban dwellers lived in much worse conditions than their modern counterparts.
someone who has the same job as someone else in a different organization: · The project was run jointly by Morris and his opposite number in the New York office.· After years of communication by telephone she finally met her opposite number in the Spanish government.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I thought the medicine would make him sleep, but it had the opposite effect. two parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum At the opposite extreme, Ashworth’s style is very simple and modern. Bob was quicker than Ed? It’s usually the opposite way round. She turned and walked off in the opposite direction. But the sign was pointing the opposite way. The store was on the opposite side of the street. They work at opposite ends of the country (=a long distance apart), so only see each other at weekends.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Kevin’s teachers saw him as quiet and serious, but with his friends he was exactly the opposite. At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment. We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue. He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex (=people that were not his own sex). The two articles here represent opposite ends of the spectrum.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
I thought the medicine would make him sleep, but it had the opposite effect. two parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum At the opposite extreme, Ashworth’s style is very simple and modern. Bob was quicker than Ed? It’s usually the opposite way round. She turned and walked off in the opposite direction. But the sign was pointing the opposite way. The store was on the opposite side of the street. They work at opposite ends of the country (=a long distance apart), so only see each other at weekends.· A lot of scientific evidence supports the opposite conclusion.
(=furthest from where you are)· Something was moving in the far right corner of the garden.
· The car crashed into a truck that was coming in the opposite direction.
· Jon and his girlfriend were sitting at the opposite end of the bar.
Kevin’s teachers saw him as quiet and serious, but with his friends he was exactly the opposite. At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment.· See the diagram on the opposite page.
We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue. He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex (=people that were not his own sex).· On the other side of the river are some low hills.
The two articles here represent opposite ends of the spectrum.· It now appears that in other species the same habit can have an almost opposite function.· They were hit by joyriders almost opposite Springfield Primary school where Mrs Tully's four-year-old daughter was a new-start pupil.· The prevalent and dominant winds may blow from the same direction or they may blow from almost opposite directions.· Cathy was almost opposite Alan Tate and he was, watching her, or seemed to be.· By fortunate chance, he was Karelius' right-hand neighbour, Fräulein Müller sitting almost opposite.· Twenty four hour car park almost opposite the halls. 12.
· Its neighbouring census tract to the north exhibited diametrically opposite trends, suggesting that whilst one area improved another declined.· Furthermore, the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed.· Thus the same metaphor can lead to diametrically opposite understandings.
· If you sit directly opposite an opponent, the sense of conflict may be heightened.· He had recently bought a huge house there with a garden which bordered on the river, directly opposite Botolph's Wharf.· The only gateway from the Walks was directly opposite the church, so that the Lassiters rarely walked up the village itself.· Some Enterprise rooms are in the annexe directly opposite the main building.· Half-way through their round trips, they are both directly opposite their starting point.· In the same road was the school of journalism. Directly opposite, lay the National Theatre.· Campbell set the matter in the directly opposite light.· On the hospital side it opened into the basement under the Out Patients Department, which itself stood directly opposite our dining-room.
· But by 1860 the proportion was almost exactly opposite: 33.96 percent of receipts came from passengers and 66.04 percent from goods.· Consider some firmly held, exactly opposite, positions on how easy the other guy has it.· This is exactly opposite to most other museum's great Rembrandt holdings: the Metropolitan's Rembrandts are nearly all portraits.· It took Rauschning a long time to realise that his standpoint was exactly opposite to Forster's.
· The third reason for supporting live worship is the very opposite.· Despite pressures for differentiation, the result was the very opposite of separation.· The very opposite considerations lead to the success of businesses where intense customer contact is the basis of commerce.· It's the very opposite of drawing.· The very opposite is the truth.· Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.· In fact the very opposite was true.
NOUN· Go through gate on to sunken road and over stile on opposite bank.· I know that Ian Heaps was on that match, drawn on the opposite bank.· On the opposite bank, Luke rolled off her back and lay on the grass.· Two anglers on opposite banks were casting three-quarters of the way across.· Another man was fishing from the opposite bank.· I have seen foxes playing in the brambles, and once a red deer walked past on the opposite bank.· The opposite bank showed dim as a cloud, two miles away or more.· She had gained the opposite bank and was poking about in a great drifting mass of torn grass and brushwood.
· Investigators who have reviewed the research have come to quite opposite conclusions.· So two theories-truth in advertising and dishonest manipulation-seem to come to opposite conclusions.· Constitutional theory would indicate the opposite conclusion.· The two district courts that addressed this question reached opposite conclusions.· Many aspects of his analysis were similar to those advanced by Blauner, but they led him to an opposite conclusion.· A test of rightness would indicate the opposite conclusion.
· On the opposite corner a dusty station wagon idled noisily at the red light.· If a tear develops, peel from the opposite corner and work towards the damage.· Both were poor shepherds of Aquitaine, though from opposite corners of the province.· Over on the opposite corner, the Guardian Angels staged a counter demonstration.· In the opposite corner was a portly man in a baggy tweed suit.· Almost on the opposite corner to the chapel stood Donegal Castle, its gateway locked, for the ruins were unsafe.· Inside were two cockerels in opposite corners, sore, bald things with a vestige of feathers.
· Only in towns and at a few other places could trains going in opposite directions pass.· The Civil Service Commission needs to be independent of the Council and this proposal would go in the opposite direction.· Of course I simply wandered away in the opposite direction.· Coming in the opposite direction ahead are three cars, then four.· For no apparent reason he had collided with a car coming in the opposite direction, killing the other driver instantly.· The evidence points in exactly the opposite direction.· Their job then was to relay tradition from above to below, and congregants' requests in the opposite direction.
· Crash dieting and yo-yo dieting, on the other hand, will have the opposite effect.· The likelihood that one will never own an automobile can not fail to have the opposite effect.· In fact, their campaign and the probably well-founded suspicion that the result had been rigged had the opposite effect.· Where we followed his lead-particularly in low-income housing-we often had the opposite effect, crippling community-based organizations.· Indeed, some of its recommendations will have the opposite effect.· The Wall we hoped would insure our independence seems to be having an opposite effect.· This was precisely the opposite effect to that of green.
· At one point, one of the girls was at one end of the classroom and the other at the opposite end.· Place both bags on a table with the straws extending from opposite ends.· As before, any shaping must be conducted at the opposite end of the knitting to the carriage.· One way to look at Cleveland is to say it is at opposite ends of the political spectrum with San Francisco.· The door was at the opposite end of the kitchen from where the telly was.· Run it into two uplifts at opposite ends of the tank, and pack it with filter floss and carbon.· Paradoxically, the other key to global food security lies at the opposite end of the technology scale.
· At the opposite extreme of a pulse of extremely long duration, the Fourier spectrum only contains extremely low frequencies.· Alfonsina Storni seems to have veered as far as possible to the opposite extreme.· At the opposite extreme, paupers' graves had long been unmarked; but in between, death had been the metaphorical leveller.· The opposite extreme is to find one individual and share all the duties of parenthood equally, as albatrosses do.
· So does his opposite number in the Senate, Bennett Johnston of Louisiana.· Suppose it simply killed off its opposite number, the one that came from the other grandparent of the embryo.· Each of the 23 pairs of chromosomes is laid alongside its opposite number.· Finding an opposite number is not always easy.· Aki Hill is there, her opposite number at rival school Oregon State.· My opposite numbers, you understand.· His opposite number, Clive Lloyd, had already been through the two formative experiences of his captaincy.
· My opposite numbers, you understand.· Their opposite numbers in the spending departments are the principal finance officers.· He quickly made contact with all the leading sewerage companies, their advisers as well as his opposite numbers throughout the county.
· The drawing on the opposite page shows a mains stopcock with a draincock fitted above.· As shown in the figure on the opposite page, these new elements represent the results that each technique tends to yield.· Chanel, on the opposite page, was three months old.· Write each one down on a table like the one on the opposite page.· A typical ideal personnel specification might look like the table on the opposite page.
· Besides, he was funny and youthful, the opposite pole to Matthew Blake.· This kind of discourse is at the opposite pole from storytelling as defined by Benjamin.· Each pair in fact began to gravitate to opposite poles within the horizon which Dialectical Theology had opened up.· They were at an opposite pole from the self-important, vacuous management.· We were at the opposite poles of humanity.
· Many siblings quarrel and fight particularly if they are of opposite sexes.
· On the opposite shore I saw two large gray black shapes: moose!· Once this fall was likened to a gigantic weir, its crest a straight line between Goat Island and the opposite shore.· He reached the opposite shore and then returned in a blaze of fireworks.· The sun has come to a standstill, hours above the river and the opposite shore.· Wind whipping across sandbar on opposite shore, sand blowing across water.
· Then he began to move slowly and carefully past the table, on the opposite side to Moore.· Primo waves his hand at his own reflection and that of the empty seat on the opposite side of the aisle.· Instead, the former World Champion lunged at a white bishop on the opposite side of the board.· You and your ex-wife live on opposite sides of the country.· There is nothing inherently improbable about the same company producing both and selling them to opposite sides in a war.· Even heavy trucks and buses are prohibited; they are confined to the Shenandoah Valley on the opposite side of the mountains.· Two cars went down the street on the opposite side; on Quinn's side a motor-cyclist was approaching.· They could only be opposite sides of a single coin.
· The New Moon in your opposite sign of Sagittarius highlights a special relationship and a piece of news.· Therefore K 1 and K 2 have opposite signs and the Gaussian curvature K is negative.· At the outer edge of the wake, on the other hand, the advection term has the opposite sign.· The equation for the energy of the mean flow contains a corresponding term of opposite sign.
· On the contrary, the opposite view is intellectually more compelling.· Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Democratic party chairman, took the opposite view.· The opposite view is referred to briefly in passing in the Council report.· Republican Mountjoy takes the opposite view.· The universities had taken the opposite view.· Of course my new conservative acquaintances take the opposite view, sort of.· I have the opposite view of money.
· We had to edge sideways along with our arms outstretched against the opposite wall for support.· Deep shelves on the opposite wall contained boxes of tinned food and crates of spirits.· On the opposite wall, photographer Christopher Burkett plumbs the brilliant unnatural colors of the natural world.· On the opposite wall, a print was mounted; an austere graphic design, white and grey to match.· I stared at the opposite wall.· The first step is to find the centre of the room by linking the mid-points of opposite walls with string lines.· This was a smaller room, again with a door on the opposite wall.
· Not to mention the bumps and bruises on the centre's staff going the opposite way in a hurry.· We encountered no one besides a farmer on a tractor going the opposite way, outside Cordova.· Two rotors turning opposite ways can turn a ship on the spot.· She glowered in our direction and then lit out the opposite way.· And if the under-sheet is rotated the opposite way to the top one the patient need not even get out.· Instead of the government spending its resources for defense, we must turn it the opposite way.· On the other hand, the opposing approach used by social anthropologists and ethnographers fails as a solution in the opposite way.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► somebody’s opposite numberPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the other/opposite side of the coin
- He's very nervous around members of the opposite sex.
- The magazine article's title was "How to become irresistible to the opposite sex."
- The women hold diametrically opposed views on abortion.
- A more recent image is diametrically opposed to this and emphasizes the affluence of later life.
- Furthermore, the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed.
- In essence, the founding giants of the computer industry were diametrically opposed in both platform and product.
- It is clear that Guthrie and Linforth follow diametrically opposed methods and reach contradictory conclusions about the nature and existence of Orphism.
- Its neighbouring census tract to the north exhibited diametrically opposite trends, suggesting that whilst one area improved another declined.
- The assumptions in the two systems are almost diametrically opposed.
- Therefore, introspection and self-observation are diametrically opposed in action and effect, and should never be confused one with another.
- To begin with, he was diametrically opposed to the economic ideas advocated by Adam Smith.
- At 80, you are the exact opposite.
- Gloraida Malave, for example, was the exact opposite of Mones or Abukar.
- He was lively, witty and darkly handsome - the exact opposite of George.
- I said, which was about the exact opposite of what I really thought.
- Indeed, when it comes to the relative growth rates of imports and exports, the exact opposite is true.
- It is the exact opposite of the truth.
- John Major, he said, had the exact opposite of the Midas touch.
- This may not always be so - indeed, the exact opposite may be the case.
- CertainIV it should not accommodate its polar opposite.
- Eikmeyer's fundamental insight is that co-operation and non-co-operation are not simply polar opposites along a scale.
- However, the life-cycle savings model is the polar opposite case from pure classical savings.
- In fact the two strains-puritanism and pentecostalism-seem in some way to be nearly polar opposites.
- No such inhibitions stunt the growth of the rag trade at the polar opposite point from the basking Sloanes.
- Strickland was their polar opposite -- an irresponsible teammate and anti-leader.
- The Mark Hateley of suit and silk tie is a polar opposite to the Mark Hateley of shorts and bootlaces.
- When you bring together two polar opposites, the classless one will always drag the other one down.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveopposed ≠ unopposedopposingoppositenounoppositionoppositeverbopposeadverbopposite
1as different as possible from something else: I thought the medicine would make him sleep, but it had the opposite effect.at the opposite end of the scale/spectrum two parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum At the opposite extreme, Ashworth’s style is very simple and modern. Bob was quicker than Ed? It’s usually the opposite way round.opposite to a political philosophy that was opposite to everything she believed in2the opposite direction, way etc is directly away from someone or something: She turned and walked off in the opposite direction. But the sign was pointing the opposite way.3the opposite side, corner, edge etc of something is on the other side of the same area, often facing it: The store was on the opposite side of the street. the drawing on the opposite page They work at opposite ends of the country (=a long distance apart), so only see each other at weekends.4the opposite sex the other sex. If you are a man, women are the opposite sex: members of the opposite sex5somebody’s opposite number someone who has the same job in another similar organization: a meeting with her opposite number at the Department of Healthopposite1 prepositionopposite2 adjectiveopposite3 nounopposite4 adverb
oppositeopposite3 ●●○ noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The two sisters are complete opposites.
- All postures are mocked by their opposites.
- Charles Nagy was the opposite, seemingly ready to be assisted out of Camden Yards a half-dozen times.
- Claire Chennault was the temperamental opposite of Stilwell.
- Gloraida Malave, for example, was the exact opposite of Mones or Abukar.
- In Britain we have the opposite.
- Indeed, on a scientific level, the opposite seems to be happening.
- This may not always be so - indeed, the exact opposite may be the case.
Longman Language Activatorwhen two things or people are completely different
as different as possible from something else: · We have opposite viewpoints on almost everything.· During the summer there wasn't enough rain, but now we have the opposite problem.· Getting angry with him didn't work, so I tried the opposite approach.the opposite result/effect/conclusion etc: · The medicine was supposed to make him sleepy, but it had the opposite effect.
if two people or things are opposites , they are as different as possible from each other: · Although the sweet and sour flavours are opposites, they combine very well in this oriental dish.be complete opposites: · In both looks and personality the girls were complete opposites.be opposites in: · We were alike in interests and tastes, but we were opposites in temperament.
opposite to what is usual or to what has just been stated: · In some families the father goes out to work and the mother stays at home. In others, the reverse situation is true.· His advice had the reverse effect to that intended.
formal to be completely opposite in quality or character to something: · Love is the antithesis of selfishness.· His policies are the antitheses of all that makes us a decent, tolerant society.
someone or something that is completely different from someone or something else · Our first baby hardly ever cried in the night, but our second is the opposite - we never get any sleep.the opposite of · 'Light' is the opposite of both 'dark' and 'heavy'.do the opposite · They asked for our advice and then did the opposite!exactly/just the opposite · I thought she'd be upset by the news, but her reaction was exactly the opposite.
formal the exact opposite of the situation, idea, process that has just been mentioned: · The acid must be added to the water -- doing the reverse can be highly dangerous.· The economic situation is certainly improving, although widespread unemployment suggests the reverse.the reverse of: · He said that the rioters had been killed accidentally, the reverse of what had actually happened.
/round British the opposite of what you thought or of what someone has just said: · No, the street was named after the college, not the other way around (=the college was not named after the street).· I thought he was the boss and she was his secretary, but in fact it was the other way around.
used to talk about the opposite of a situation that you have just mentioned: · Whenever I'm at home, my husband seems to be out, and vice versa (=when I am out, he's at home) !· Astronomers were still uncertain whether the Earth travelled around the Sun or vice-versa.· Dutch speakers can usually understand German quite well, but not vice versa.
to stop doing one thing far too much, but then start doing the opposite far too much: · She used to eat too much, but now she's gone to the opposite extreme and is practically starving herself.· Doug's gone from one extreme to the other - it used to be impossible to drag him away from the TV. Now we can't get him to stay home.
opposite opinions, statements etc · We're good friends, but we have opposite views when it comes to politics.· It is strange how two scientists studying the same problem can come to completely opposite conclusions.· Margaret has very strong opinions, but she always tries to understand the opposite point of view.
opposing opinions, beliefs, statements etc are the opposite of each other: · Bobbie and Jo have opposing views on marriage.· Brad was prepared to accept that opposing beliefs could be held equally strongly and passionately.· The Party seems to be unsure which of two opposing political philosophies to follow.
completely opposite to and completely disagreeing with each other: · He feels that his Christian beliefs and the principles of capitalism are diametrically opposed.
spoken formal use this to tell someone that the opposite of what they say is true: · "Do you think the divorce will upset her family?'' "On the contrary. It will probably come as a relief.''· "You probably aren't interested in my opinion." "On the contrary, any ideas you have to add would be very welcome."
also quite the opposite/reverse especially British, spoken use this to tell someone that the opposite of a situation or statement is true: · My friends say I spend too much time studying, but my parents say just the opposite.· We were not in love at the time - quite the opposite in fact.
a statement or situation that contains two opposite ideas a statement or situation that contains two opposite ideas or parts, so that it seems strange that they could both be true at the same time: · There's a paradox in the fact that although we're living longer than ever before, people are more obsessed with health issues than they ever were.
in or from the opposite direction in or from the opposite direction: · Turn around and face the other way.· I waved to her but she didn't see -- she was looking the other way.· When you're overtaking, make sure there's nothing coming the other way.
: in the opposite/other direction · The driver sped off in the opposite direction.· Gloria and Mae set off one way while Ruth and Sarah went in the other direction.from the opposite direction · While everyone was watching the action on the left of the stage, the dancers entered from the opposite direction
moving or facing in the opposite direction from each other: · There were two paths going in opposite directions.· Two trains travelling in opposite directions crashed, killing twenty passengers.
to be opposite something or someone something that is opposite something else is facing it, for example on the other side of the street or on the other side of a table. In American English this is not used as an adverb: · The bathroom is opposite the bedroom.· When you get off the bus, you'll see a grocery store on the opposite side of the street.directly opposite (=exactly opposite): · The entrance to the park is directly opposite our house.diagonally opposite (=opposite and to one side): · Diagonally opposite the stove is a large stone sink.the house/chair/man etc opposite: · Pointing to the chair opposite, he said "Come and talk to me for a while."sit/stand etc opposite: · There was a thin dark woman sitting opposite me.live opposite (=to live in the opposite house): · The only contact she has is with the woman who lives opposite.
if one person, building, seat etc faces another, they are opposite each other, and each has their front towards the other: · Courtney's apartment faces the harbour.· The seat facing mine was empty.· They stood facing each other for a few minutes.
: across the street/road/river/table etc opposite from where you are, and on the other side of the street, road etc: · She lives across the road.· The prisoners' cells faced each other across an aisle.across the street/road etc from somebody/something: · Bill sat down across the desk from him.· Across the street from where we were standing was a little park.across from (=across the road from a place): · There's a hotel across from the station where we can go.
if two people are face to face , they are very close to and facing each other: sit/stand face to face: · We sat face to face across a narrow table.· They stood face to face, each struggling to control his temper.come face to face with somebody (=suddenly and unexpectedly face someone): · Turning the corner I came face to face with a security guard.
on the opposite side of something: · If you look across the lake, you can see Donald's house on the other side.on the other side of: · You can park on the other side of the road.· There was a little boat moored on the other side of the river.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2adjectives Kevin’s teachers saw him as quiet and serious, but with his friends he was exactly the opposite. At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment. We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue. He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex (=people that were not his own sex). The two articles here represent opposite ends of the spectrum.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· She is the complete opposite of her sister.
· My own experience says that the exact opposite is true.
(also polar opposites) (=used about two things, people etc that are completely opposite)· These two viewpoints seem like polar opposites.· Mum was the polar opposite of dear old Dad.
phrases· People believe the Sun moved around the Earth, but Copernicus showed that the opposite was the case.
(=completely different than what has been said)· It looks simple, but it is exactly the opposite.
(=exactly the opposite)· Exercise does not increase the appetite - in fact, the very opposite is true.
(=exactly the opposite)· He wasn’t laughing. Quite the opposite, in fact.
verbs· Whatever I tell him to do, he does the opposite.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· A lot of scientific evidence supports the opposite conclusion.
(=furthest from where you are)· Something was moving in the far right corner of the garden.
· The car crashed into a truck that was coming in the opposite direction.
· Jon and his girlfriend were sitting at the opposite end of the bar.
Kevin’s teachers saw him as quiet and serious, but with his friends he was exactly the opposite. At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment.· See the diagram on the opposite page.
We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue. He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex (=people that were not his own sex).· On the other side of the river are some low hills.
The two articles here represent opposite ends of the spectrum.· In fact, it's just about the complete opposite of the way that I do things.· The return of the deep meant the complete opposite of all that.· Interestingly, parents find this particularly hard as it is often the complete opposite of what they normally do.
· John Major, he said, had the exact opposite of the Midas touch.· Gloraida Malave, for example, was the exact opposite of Mones or Abukar.· This may not always be so - indeed, the exact opposite may be the case.· By temperament, Straus was an exact opposite of the slide-rule engineers who had guided the Bureau during its forty-odd years.· It is the exact opposite of the truth.· I said, which was about the exact opposite of what I really thought.· He was lively, witty and darkly handsome - the exact opposite of George.· Its exact opposite said that none of this meant anything at all.
· Eikmeyer's fundamental insight is that co-operation and non-co-operation are not simply polar opposites along a scale.· CertainIV it should not accommodate its polar opposite.· The polar opposite images are not by some marketing design.· Strickland was their polar opposite -- an irresponsible teammate and anti-leader.· In this respect he is the polar opposite of Harold Wilson, a dull speaker who taught himself to be funny.· In fact the two strains-puritanism and pentecostalism-seem in some way to be nearly polar opposites.· First of all, is it sensible to think of masculine/feminine as polar opposites?· When you bring together two polar opposites, the classless one will always drag the other one down.
· Of course it turned out the precise opposite.
NOUN· How come time speeds up and slows down all at once? 17.47 Steven looks up from call to opposite number in Coventry.· Their opposite numbers favored an attitude that fostered any means by which the aesthetic character of the photographic print might be enhanced.· He was a threat to the very job of his expatriate opposite number.
VERB· I suggest it would do precisely the opposite.· Well, I want to do the opposite.· My inclinations, even then, were to do the opposite of what others told me I should do.· First, when all investors were doing the same thing, he would actively seek to do the opposite.· Knowing more about her pregnancy should have empowered her, but in fact it did the opposite.· For example, hope lies somewhere between blind trust and suspicion, but so does its opposite, despair.· I will do the opposite, if it's all right by you-and always be glad you came.· But you did just the opposite.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the other/opposite side of the coin
- His falsity and hollowness are not just the opposite of the true and the wholesome, but threaten to undermine it.
- You said it yourself earlier, that opposites attract.
- The women hold diametrically opposed views on abortion.
- A more recent image is diametrically opposed to this and emphasizes the affluence of later life.
- Furthermore, the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed.
- In essence, the founding giants of the computer industry were diametrically opposed in both platform and product.
- It is clear that Guthrie and Linforth follow diametrically opposed methods and reach contradictory conclusions about the nature and existence of Orphism.
- Its neighbouring census tract to the north exhibited diametrically opposite trends, suggesting that whilst one area improved another declined.
- The assumptions in the two systems are almost diametrically opposed.
- Therefore, introspection and self-observation are diametrically opposed in action and effect, and should never be confused one with another.
- To begin with, he was diametrically opposed to the economic ideas advocated by Adam Smith.
- At 80, you are the exact opposite.
- Gloraida Malave, for example, was the exact opposite of Mones or Abukar.
- He was lively, witty and darkly handsome - the exact opposite of George.
- I said, which was about the exact opposite of what I really thought.
- Indeed, when it comes to the relative growth rates of imports and exports, the exact opposite is true.
- It is the exact opposite of the truth.
- John Major, he said, had the exact opposite of the Midas touch.
- This may not always be so - indeed, the exact opposite may be the case.
- CertainIV it should not accommodate its polar opposite.
- Eikmeyer's fundamental insight is that co-operation and non-co-operation are not simply polar opposites along a scale.
- However, the life-cycle savings model is the polar opposite case from pure classical savings.
- In fact the two strains-puritanism and pentecostalism-seem in some way to be nearly polar opposites.
- No such inhibitions stunt the growth of the rag trade at the polar opposite point from the basking Sloanes.
- Strickland was their polar opposite -- an irresponsible teammate and anti-leader.
- The Mark Hateley of suit and silk tie is a polar opposite to the Mark Hateley of shorts and bootlaces.
- When you bring together two polar opposites, the classless one will always drag the other one down.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveopposed ≠ unopposedopposingoppositenounoppositionoppositeverbopposeadverbopposite
1a person or thing that is as different as possible from someone or something elseopposite of What’s the opposite of ‘optimistic’? She’s quite shy, the exact opposite of Becky. The two men were complete opposites – Simon tall and fair, Clive short and dark. If anything, the opposite was true. Is it sensible to think of masculine/feminine as polar opposites (=exactly or completely opposite)?2not ... just/quite the opposite used to say that something is completely different from what has just been said: I didn’t feel sleepy at all – just the opposite, in fact.3opposites attract used to say that often people who have completely different characters become friends or are attracted to each otherCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2adjectivesthe complete/total opposite· She is the complete opposite of her sister.the exact/precise/direct opposite· My own experience says that the exact opposite is true.the polar opposite of something (also polar opposites) (=used about two things, people etc that are completely opposite)· These two viewpoints seem like polar opposites.· Mum was the polar opposite of dear old Dad.phrasesthe opposite is the case/is true· People believe the Sun moved around the Earth, but Copernicus showed that the opposite was the case.exactly/precisely the opposite (=completely different than what has been said)· It looks simple, but it is exactly the opposite.the very opposite (=exactly the opposite)· Exercise does not increase the appetite - in fact, the very opposite is true.just/quite the opposite (=exactly the opposite)· He wasn’t laughing. Quite the opposite, in fact.verbsdo the opposite· Whatever I tell him to do, he does the opposite.opposite1 prepositionopposite2 adjectiveopposite3 nounopposite4 adverb
oppositeopposite4 adverb especially British English EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- My cousin was sitting opposite.
- General Vashinov sat opposite him, to his left and half way up the table.
- How could he explain to the old woman sitting opposite him that he wore a five thousand pound watch?
- It benefits from a lovely site, opposite the parish church and close to farm buildings, away from the village centre.
- Nell, unsure of the worth of his compliment, nevertheless sat down opposite him, even if temporarily.
- Our Lady of Lourdes looked at the doorway opposite her in a gesture of supplication.
- She sat opposite him in his office with the door firmly closed.
- Uncle Albert pointed sternly to the chair opposite him.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Kevin’s teachers saw him as quiet and serious, but with his friends he was exactly the opposite. At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment. We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue. He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex (=people that were not his own sex). The two articles here represent opposite ends of the spectrum.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· A lot of scientific evidence supports the opposite conclusion.
(=furthest from where you are)· Something was moving in the far right corner of the garden.
· The car crashed into a truck that was coming in the opposite direction.
· Jon and his girlfriend were sitting at the opposite end of the bar.
Kevin’s teachers saw him as quiet and serious, but with his friends he was exactly the opposite. At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment.· See the diagram on the opposite page.
We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue. He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex (=people that were not his own sex).· On the other side of the river are some low hills.
The two articles here represent opposite ends of the spectrum.· General Vashinov sat opposite him, to his left and half way up the table.· Charlotte sat opposite me on the sofa, like a little child with a serious, thoughtful face.· She sat opposite him in his office with the door firmly closed.· Damian sat opposite her, and every glance at his tough face only underlined her rash promise to her.· He dressed quickly in faded denim jeans and a black T-shirt and sat opposite her at the little mahogany table.· She watched as he sat opposite her on the worn old sofa and proceeded to pour the brandy into the glasses.· I sat opposite him at the Christmas do and he spent ages talking to me.· You were allowed up to three visitors at a time and had to sit opposite them at individual tables.
· She looked at the man sitting opposite her, and was suffused with a sense of loss.· If he went against this young man sitting opposite him, he would in effect dig his own grave.· He looked at Michael Ryan sitting opposite him.· I was fascinated by the woman sitting opposite me: Francesca Clinton, Sir Robert's wife.· How could he explain to the old woman sitting opposite him that he wore a five thousand pound watch?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the other/opposite side of the coin
- The women hold diametrically opposed views on abortion.
- A more recent image is diametrically opposed to this and emphasizes the affluence of later life.
- Furthermore, the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed.
- In essence, the founding giants of the computer industry were diametrically opposed in both platform and product.
- It is clear that Guthrie and Linforth follow diametrically opposed methods and reach contradictory conclusions about the nature and existence of Orphism.
- Its neighbouring census tract to the north exhibited diametrically opposite trends, suggesting that whilst one area improved another declined.
- The assumptions in the two systems are almost diametrically opposed.
- Therefore, introspection and self-observation are diametrically opposed in action and effect, and should never be confused one with another.
- To begin with, he was diametrically opposed to the economic ideas advocated by Adam Smith.
- At 80, you are the exact opposite.
- Gloraida Malave, for example, was the exact opposite of Mones or Abukar.
- He was lively, witty and darkly handsome - the exact opposite of George.
- I said, which was about the exact opposite of what I really thought.
- Indeed, when it comes to the relative growth rates of imports and exports, the exact opposite is true.
- It is the exact opposite of the truth.
- John Major, he said, had the exact opposite of the Midas touch.
- This may not always be so - indeed, the exact opposite may be the case.
- CertainIV it should not accommodate its polar opposite.
- Eikmeyer's fundamental insight is that co-operation and non-co-operation are not simply polar opposites along a scale.
- However, the life-cycle savings model is the polar opposite case from pure classical savings.
- In fact the two strains-puritanism and pentecostalism-seem in some way to be nearly polar opposites.
- No such inhibitions stunt the growth of the rag trade at the polar opposite point from the basking Sloanes.
- Strickland was their polar opposite -- an irresponsible teammate and anti-leader.
- The Mark Hateley of suit and silk tie is a polar opposite to the Mark Hateley of shorts and bootlaces.
- When you bring together two polar opposites, the classless one will always drag the other one down.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveopposed ≠ unopposedopposingoppositenounoppositionoppositeverbopposeadverbopposite
in a position on the other side of the same area: Hannah lives just opposite.