opposite

UK /ˈɒpəzɪt/ US /ˈɑp(ə)sɪt/
adj 5noun 5prep 3adv 2

Definitions

adj

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

Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.

He is attracted to the opposite sex.

5

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.

noun

1

Something opposite or contrary to something else.

2

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.

3

An opponent.

4

An antonym.

"Up" is the opposite of "down".

5

An additive inverse.

adv

1

In an opposite position.

I was on my seat and she stood opposite.

Where's the bus station? -Over there, just opposite.

2

On another channel at the same time.

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