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opposite::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | face-to-face, face to face |
they sat opposite at the table.
opposite::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | diametric, diametrical, polar |
| Derivation | oppositeness |
diametrical (or opposite) points of view.
opposite meanings.
opposite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | opponent, opposition |
| Type of | contestant |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contrary, reverse |
| Type of | oppositeness, opposition |
opposite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inverse |
| Type of | oppositeness, opposition |
| Has types | additive inverse, multiplicative inverse, reciprocal |
opposite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | antonym, opposite word |
| Type of | word |
| Has types | indirect antonym, direct antonym |
opposite::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | oppositeness |
the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended.
it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest.
opposite::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm.
we lived on opposite sides of the street.
at opposite poles.
opposite::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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looking in opposite directions.
they went in opposite directions.
opposite::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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the opposite sex.
the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors.
Examples of opposite
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Roll opposite sides toward the middle, like a scroll, then cut into thin slices.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In this sense, abortion and American chattel slavery could not be more opposite.
From the theatlantic.com
The NHL and NFL will showcase their stars today on opposite ends of the country.
From the freep.com
You can see the stock price going in the opposite direction of the fundamentals.
From the businessweek.com
Last season the look veered the opposite direction, going classic and risk-free.
From the online.wsj.com
In his effort to defend elitism, Stein has once again accomplished the opposite.
From the time.com
People reports the pair, in line with custom, sat on opposite ends of the aisle.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It faces stiff competition when it opens in June, opposite 9 other blockbusters.
From the forbes.com
The London office, in a building known as Globe House, stands directly opposite.
From the independent.co.uk
- 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"
- Antonym: 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'"
- Face-to-face: 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"
- Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves"
- Reverse: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
- Opposition: a contestant that you are matched against
- In category theory, a branch of mathematics, duality is a correspondence between properties of a category C and so-called dual properties of the opposite category Cop. ...
- In mathematics, the additive inverse of a number a is the number that, when added to a, yields zero. This number is also known as the opposite (number), sign change, and negation. For a real number, it reverses its sign: the opposite to a positive number is negative, and the opposite to a negative number is positive. Zero is the additive inverse of itself.
- In lexical semantics, opposites are words that lie in an inherently incompatible binary relationship as in the opposite pairs male : female, long : short, up : down, and precede : follow. ...
