'opposite' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'opposite' with 20 example sentences.
- opposite adjective
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: being directly across from each other; facing
: moving or facing away from each other
: the other one of a complementary pair
: altogether different in nature or quality or significance
: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
- opposite 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
: a relation of direct opposition
: a contestant that you are matched against
: something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- opposite adverb
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: directly facing each other
The opposite is also true.
The Yin and the Yang are complementary rather than opposite forces.
Their house is just opposite the bus stop.
As you can see, I am doing the opposite.
Waking up is the opposite of going to sleep.
If you do that, it will only have the opposite effect.
He went in the opposite direction.
Kids do the opposite of what their parents encourage.
Do the opposite of what I say.
I'm the exact opposite of my brother.
The opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.
Judaism is not the opposite of Christianity.
Opposite the park there is a beautiful river.
This is the opposite of what I expected.
Uploading is the opposite of downloading.
He sat opposite to me.
By mistake I boarded a train going in the opposite direction.
He told me just the opposite!
In fact, I'd say just the opposite.
A man was fishing on the opposite bank.