opposite

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opposite definition

1. being directly across from each other; facing; - Longfellow
• examples: And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm
• examples: we lived on opposite sides of the street
• examples: at opposite poles
2. of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
• examples: opposite leaves
3. moving or facing away from each other
• examples: looking in opposite directions
• examples: they went in opposite directions
4. the other one of a complementary pair
• examples: the opposite sex
• examples: the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors
5. altogether different in nature or quality or significance; ; - Charles Reade
• examples: the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended
• examples: it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest