Opposite (IPA: /ˈɑpəzət/, /ˈɑpzət/)
| Opposite (a.) |
Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange. |
| Opposite (a.) |
Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme. |
| Opposite (a.) |
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic. |
| Opposite (a.) |
Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node. |
| Opposite (a.) |
Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal. |
| Opposite (n.) |
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. |
| Opposite (n.) |
That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite. |
| Opposite |
Item with an opposing, negative, or inverse quality to a given item which shares its other qualities, or the relationship between such a pair of items |
| Opposite |
2013 single by Biffy Clyro |
| Opposite |
Painting by Riduan Tomkins |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one." - Thomas Robert Malthus |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it." - Quotations |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "An epic tale of crime and obsession and two men on opposite sides of the law." - Heat (1995 film) |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way." - Jean-Paul Sartre |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Clarke's Fourth Law: For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert." - Arthur C. Clarke |
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