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O_______ is used to describe things of the same kind which are completely different in a particular way . For example, north and south are opposite directions, and winning and losing are opposite results in a game .Opposite is used to describe things of the same kind which are completely different in a particular way . For example, north and south are opposite directions, and winning and losing are opposite results in a game .
All the cars driving in the opposite direction had their headlights on.
I should have written the notes in the opposite order.
In fact everything he does is opposite to what is considered normal behaviour.
word opposite
full-definition
preposition
If one thing is opposite another, it is on the other side of a space from it.
Jennie had sat opposite her at breakfast.
He looked up at the buildings opposite, but could see no open window.
He sits in one chair, I sit opposite.
adjective
The opposite side or part of something is the side or part that is furthest away from you.
...the opposite corner of the room.
Opposite is used to describe things of the same kind which are completely different in a particular way . For example, north and south are opposite directions, and winning and losing are opposite results in a game .
All the cars driving in the opposite direction had their headlights on.
I should have written the notes in the opposite order.
In fact everything he does is opposite to what is considered normal behaviour.
noun
The opposite of someone or something is the person or thing that is most different from them.
Ritter was a very complex man but Marius was the opposite, a simple farmer.
Well, whatever he says, you can bet he's thinking the opposite.
inflections opposites
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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