Opposite Live Side Ends I Adjective ˈɒpəzɪt ˈɑːpəzɪt

• answers are given on the opposite page.
• we live further down on the opposite side of the road.
• it's not easy having a relationship when you live at opposite ends of the country.
• i could see smoke coming from the windows of the house directly opposite.

opposite

1. on the other side of a particular area from somebody/something and usually facing them
• Answers are given on the opposite page.
• We live further down on the opposite side of the road.
• It's not easy having a relationship when you live at opposite ends of the country.
2. facing the speaker or somebody/something that has been mentioned
• I could see smoke coming from the windows of the house directly opposite.
• He sat down in the chair opposite.
3. as different as possible from something
• I watched them leave and then drove off in the opposite direction.
• She tried calming him down but it seemed to be having the opposite effect.
• students at opposite ends of the ability range
• a story about a pair of young boys from opposite extremes of society
• She took a view opposite to that of Fraser.
4. a person who does the same job as you in another organization
• The Foreign Secretary is currently having talks with his opposite number in the White House.
5. the other sex
• He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex.
6. to have different aims that cannot be achieved together without causing problems
• There are different considerations, often pulling in different directions.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.