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English to English adjective
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of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem |  | Example: opposite leaves
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Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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being directly across from each other; facing | | Example: 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
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moving or facing away from each other | | Example: looking in opposite directions
they went in opposite directions
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the other one of a complementary pair | | Example: the opposite sex
the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors
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altogether different in nature or quality or significance | | Example: the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended
it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest
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characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | | Example: in diametric contradiction to his claims
diametrical (or opposite) points of view
opposite meanings
extreme and indefensible polar positions
source: wordnet30 adverb
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directly facing each other | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30 noun
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a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other | | Example: to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'
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a relation of direct opposition | | Example: we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true
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a contestant that you are matched against | | source: wordnet30
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something inverted in sequence or character or effect | | Example: when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse
source: wordnet30
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One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. | | source: webster1913
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