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#1 opposite s. 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". wn
#2 opposite s. moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions". wn
#3 opposite s. the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors". wn
#4 opposite s. 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. wn
#5 opposite n. [antonym, opposite word] 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'". wn
#2 opposite s. moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions". wn
#3 opposite s. the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors". wn
#4 opposite s. 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. wn
#5 opposite n. [antonym, opposite word] 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'". wn
