opposite

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• October 7. 2012 by jonasmunk

  opposite — preposition — english — not validated

• March 1. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — noun — english

  a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"

• March 1. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — noun — english

  a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"

• March 1. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — noun — english

  a contestant that you are matched against

• March 1. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — noun — english

  something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"

• March 23. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — adverb — english

  directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table"

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — adjective — english

  being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles"

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — adjective — english

  of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves"

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — adjective — english

  moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions"

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — adjective — english

  the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — adjective — english

  altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  opposite — adjective — english

  characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"