opposite
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opposite/ˈɒpəzɪt/
▶adjective
- 1 situated on the other or further side; facing.
■ (of angles) between opposite sides of the intersection of two lines.
■ Botany (of leaves or shoots) arising in pairs at the same level on opposite sides of the stem.
- 2 completely different.
■ being the other of a contrasted pair: the opposite ends of the price range.
- 1 in a position opposite to.
- 2 (of a leading actor) co-starring beside.
– phrases
the opposite sex women in relation to men or vice versa.
the opposite sex women in relation to men or vice versa.
– derivatives
oppositely adverb,
oppositeness noun.
oppositely adverb,
oppositeness noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. oppositus, opponere ‘set against’.
'opposite' also found in these Oxford entries:
abaxial
- abduct
- abeam
- about-turn
- active
- adaxial
- adduct
- adverse
- afferent
- allopathy
- alternate angles
- altitude
- anadromous
- anaphase
- animal
- anion
- anode
- Antarctic
- anterior
- anthelion
- anti-
- anticlockwise
- antidromic
- antiparallel
- antiparticle
- Antipodes
- antithesis
- antitrade winds
- antitype
- antonym
- aphelion
- apogee
- apolune
- apophatic
- arm-wrestling
- around
- atomism
- back
- back-to-back
- baldric
- base pair
- big crunch
- blowback
- box pleat
- butter
- cantorial
- catadromous
- cataphatic
- cater-cornered
- cathode
