opposite

/'ɔpəzit/

Thân thiện

The two children sat on opposite sides of the small wooden table.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Directly across from something; facing: Located or positioned directly across from something else, with nothing in between.
   • Completely different; contrary: Being as different as possible in nature, quality, or direction.
   • Of leaves or flowers: Growing in pairs on either side of a stem.

2. Adverb:

   • In a position facing someone or something: Located directly across from a specified point or person.

3. Noun:

   • A person or thing that is totally different from another: Something or someone that is completely contrary in character, nature, or meaning.
   • A word that means the contrary of another word: An antonym.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:

  • They live on opposite sides of the street. (They live directly across the street from each other.)
  • He has the opposite opinion on the matter. (His opinion is completely contrary to the other one.)
  • The two teams are moving in opposite directions. (The teams are going in completely contrary ways.)

• Adverb:

  • She sat opposite and stared out the window. (She sat in the facing seat and looked out the window.)
  • The bank is located opposite the post office. (The bank is directly across from the post office.)

• Noun:

  • Hot is the opposite of cold. (The word 'hot' means the contrary of 'cold'.)
  • My brother and I are complete opposites in personality. (My brother and I have totally different personalities.)

Advanced Usage

• "The opposite is true": Used to state that the reality is the contrary of what was just mentioned.

  • He seems quiet, but the opposite is true when he's with friends. (He is actually very talkative with friends.)

• "Polar opposites": Two things or people that are as different as possible.

  • In their political views, they are polar opposites. (Their political views are completely contrary to each other.)

Variants and Related Words

• Opposition (n): The state of being in conflict or disagreement with someone or something.

  • The proposal faced strong opposition from the community.

• Oppositely (adv): In a contrary or opposing manner.

  • The two theories are oppositely related.

Synonyms

• Contrary: Opposite in nature, direction, or meaning.
• Facing: Located directly across from.
• Antonym: A word opposite in meaning to another.

Antonyms

• Same: Identical; not different.
• Similar: Alike in nature or appearance.

Idioms and Phrases

• Opposite number: A person who holds the equivalent position in another organization or group.

  • I need to discuss the contract with my opposite number in the London office.

• Opposite sex: Men in relation to women or women in relation to men.

  • The school organized a dance to help students socialize with the opposite sex.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
   • in diametric contradiction to his claims
   • diametrical (or opposite) points of view
   • opposite meanings
   • extreme and indefensible polar positions
2. altogether different in nature or quality or significance
   • the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended
   • it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest- Charles Reade
3. the other one of a complementary pair
   • the opposite sex
   • the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors
4. moving or facing away from each other
   • looking in opposite directions
   • they went in opposite directions
5. of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
   • opposite leaves
6. being directly across from each other; facing
   • 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

Adverb

1. directly facing each other
   • 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

Noun

1. something inverted in sequence or character or effect
   • when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse
2. a contestant that you are matched against
3. a relation of direct opposition
   • we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true
4. a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
   • to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'

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• diametric
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• polar
• paired
• face-to-face
• inverse
• opposition
• opponent
• reverse
• contrary
• antonym
• opposite word