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.
being the other of two related or corresponding things: friendly with many members of the opposite sex.
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.
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Origin of opposite
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin oppositus, past participle of oppōnere “to set against”; see oppose, -ite2
2. Opposite,contrary,reverse imply that two things differ from each other in such a way as to indicate a definite kind of relationship. Opposite suggests symmetrical antithesis in position, action, or character: opposite ends of a pole, sides of a road, views.Contrary sometimes adds to opposite the idea of conflict or antagonism: contrary statements, beliefs.Reverse suggests something that faces or moves in the opposite direction: the reverse side of a coin; a reverse gear.
The trajectory of the Sun, meanwhile, is the opposite of Chicago’s journey.
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Unfortunately, federal officials are doing just the opposite.
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It had the opposite effect after Republicans protested the move.
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The media tend to frame situations like this as aberrations, but in this case, quite the opposite is the truth.
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As Rathod noted, SIX is not supposed to be merely the opposite of ALEC.
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I'm very interested in Liv Ullmann for the woman's part, opposite Sean … yes … oh, I see then.
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In fact, for most of the Bush era, the opposite was the truth.
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We notice that its leaves are opposite, that its corolla has five petals and that its calyx is inflated.
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All attempt at concealment implies some practice of the opposite, or undivine science, founded on nescience.
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All his proceedings certainly seem to require an opposite construction, and to contemplate his own leadership.'
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He is nearly two years older than Frank, and about as opposite to him in personal appearance as can well be imagined.
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They rode for some distance along a pretty straight road, and then came to a bridge, which was opposite to a great round castle.
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British Dictionary definitions for opposite
opposite
/ (ˈɒpəzɪt, -sɪt) /
adjective
situated or being on the other side or at each side of something betweentheir houses were at opposite ends of the street
facing or going in contrary directionsopposite ways
diametrically different in character, tendency, belief, etcopposite 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 angleAbbreviation: opp
noun
a person or thing that is opposite; antithesis
mathsthe side facing a specified angle in a right-angled triangle
a rare word for opponent
preposition
Also: opposite tofacing; corresponding to (something on the other side of a division)the house opposite ours
as a co-star withshe played opposite Olivier in ``Hamlet''