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Opposite

adjective

1.

Being directly across from each other; facing. "We lived on opposite sides of the street" , "At opposite poles"

2.

Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem. Synonym: paired. Antonym: alternate.

3.

Moving or facing away from each other. "They went in opposite directions"

4.

The other one of a complementary pair. "The two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"

5.

Altogether different in nature or quality or significance. "It is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"

6.

Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed. Synonyms: diametric, diametrical, polar. "Diametrical (or opposite) points of view" , "Opposite meanings" , "Extreme and indefensible polar positions"

noun

1.

A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other. Synonyms: antonym, opposite word. Antonym: synonym.

2.

A relation of direct opposition. Synonyms: contrary, reverse.

3.

A contestant that you are matched against. Synonyms: opponent, opposition.

4.

Something inverted in sequence or character or effect. Synonym: inverse.

adverb

1.

Directly facing each other. Synonym: face-to-face. "Lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street" , "They sat opposite at the table"

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"Opposite" Quotes from Famous Books

... is this? A. A square. Q. Why is it called a square? A. Because all its angles are right angles, and its sides are equal. Q. How many angles has it? A. Four angles. Q. What would it make if we draw a line from one angle to the opposite one? A. Two right-angled isoceles triangles. Q. What would you call the line that we drew from one angle to the other? A. A diagonal. Q. Suppose we draw another line from the other two angles. A. Then it ...

— The Infant System - For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, - from One to Seven years of Age • Samuel Wilderspin

... fortified village in New Russia, situated on the western side of the Dnieper or Borysthenes, at about fourteen leagues from Oczakow, a well fortified town of the Turks, famous in the war of 1736, situated at the mouth of the same river, and opposite to Kinburn, a port which Russia obtained at the last peace, but which is exposed to the sudden attacks of the Turks from Oczakow. Eighteen regiments, amounting to about twentyfive thousand men, have already arrived at Kersant, and the residue, or as great a part as can be collected, ...

— The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII • Various

... a sky in April, Chesney thought. A smile was on her face, her lips were parted. As a lover Chesney was charming. She wondered how she was playing her part. But she need not have had any anxiety. There was nothing wanting in the eyes of the man opposite, and ...

— Golden Stories - A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers • Various

... that direction what sounded like a frightened sigh when he made the first suggestion of the duel. Something told him that this was the domiciliary ghost, and that it was badly scared. Then he was impressed by a certain movement in the opposite corner of the room, as though the titular ghost were drawing himself up with offended dignity. Eliphalet couldn't exactly see those things, because he never saw the ghosts, but he felt them. After a silence ...

— Humorous Ghost Stories • Dorothy Scarborough

... powerful army toward Saxony. He had deployed twelve thousand peasants to cut off the two dukes, and advanced with the rest of his force to the banks of the Strewe. Before reaching the river, he ascertained that Rodolph was encamped on the opposite side. It now occurred to his unprincipled mind, that he might deprive his rival even of the warning which his open approach would give, by deputing a flag of truce to solicit a parley. The artifice succeeded. Scarcely ...

— The Truce of God - A Tale of the Eleventh Century • George Henry Miles

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