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'opposite' in a sentence

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opposite adjective

: 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

: 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

: 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.
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