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opposite
has definitions from the fields of linguistics,sport,games,botany,mathematics
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[ adjective ] being directly across from each other; facing
Examples "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" Used in print (The New York Times,...)He hooked the next two out_of_bounds on the opposite side . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)One week before the convention , Depew was seated on the porch of a country home on the Hudson , gazing at the opposite shore . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)This is puzzling to an outsider conscious of the classic tradition of liberalism , because it is clear that these Democrats who are left-of-center are at opposite poles from the liberal Jefferson , who held that the best government was the least government . (R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)We must now show that on some component of the graph there exist two points for which the corresponding diagonal points in the C-plane are on opposite sides of C . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)My Cousin_Simmons carried a musket , but he had loaded it with bird_shot , and as the officer came opposite him , he rose_up behind the wall and fired . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (botany) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
Synonyms Examples "opposite leaves" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)In a similar vein , but writing from the opposite side , Thomas_Taylor , a private in the 6_th Alabama_Volunteers , in a letter to his wife , stated : `` You know that my heart is with you but I never could have been satisfied to have staid at home when my country is invaded by a thievin foe By a set of cowardly Skunks whose Motto is Booty . (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)We walked down the Rue_de_L_'_Arcade , thence along beside the Madeleine and across to a sidewalk cafe opposite that church . (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)Bill_Weigand was good_and_tired of the wall opposite , and the crack in the plaster . (Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)They rode to the Rockfork_House , a_little farther along the opposite side of the street . |
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[ adjective ] moving or facing away from each other
Examples "looking in opposite directions" "they went in opposite directions" Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)Important as these differences are , they should not obscure the basic fact that by shifting the hypothalamic balance sufficiently to the parasympathetic side , we produce depressions , whereas a shift in the opposite direction causes excitatory effects and , eventually , maniclike changes . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] the other one of a complementary pair
Examples "the opposite sex" "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors" Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)In child_care , the opposite extreme prevails ; procedures change rapidly and parental confidence probably exceeds anything warranted by established psychological theory . (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)Obviously , if colloidal particles bear charges of opposite sign or , if one kind is charged and the other kind is not , the attraction will be intensified and the tendency to agglomerate will be greatly reinforced . Likewise , a charged particle will tend to stick_to an uncharged surface and vice_versa , and a charged particle will be very strongly attracted to a surface exhibiting an opposite charge . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] altogether different in nature or quality or significance
Examples "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended" "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)With the dominance of the sympathetic division of the hypothalamus , the opposite changes occur . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (linguistics) two words that express opposing concepts
Synonyms Examples "to him the opposite of gay was depressed" Used in print (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)It also overlooks the fact that in a rational lexicon , and quite clearly in More 's lexicon , the opposite of serious is not gay but frivolous , and the opposite of gay is not serious but solemn . It also overlooks the fact that in a rational lexicon , and quite clearly in More 's lexicon , the opposite of serious is not gay but frivolous , and the opposite of gay is not serious but solemn . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sport,games) a contestant that you are matched against
Synonyms Used in print (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)What was only a vague suspicion in the case of Sherlock_Holmes now appears as a direct accusation : the private_eye is in danger of turning_into his opposite . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a relation of direct opposition
Examples "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" Used in print (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)`` How could the mess be admitted , because it appears to be the very opposite of form and therefore destructive of the very thing that art holds itself to be '' ? Related terms |
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[ adjective ] characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
Synonyms Examples "in diametric contradiction to his claims" "diametrical (or opposite) points of view" "opposite meanings" "extreme and indefensible polar positions" Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)Instead of emotional recrimination , loaded phrases and sloganeering , we need a dispassionate study of the facts , a better understanding of the opposite viewpoint and a more serious effort to extend the areas of agreement until a solution is reached . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] directly facing each other
Synonyms Examples "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" |
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[ pronoun ] preposition, facing
Synonyms versus vs. opposed_to against with in_exchange_for across_from |
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[ pronoun ] preposition
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[ noun ] (math) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the inverse of 7 is 1/7
Synonyms Related terms opposition reciprocality multiplicative_inverse additive_inverse |
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[ noun ] something inverted in sequence or character or effect
Synonyms Examples "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" Related terms |
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