opposite

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɒpəzɪt/, SAMPA: /"Qp@zIt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɑpəzɪt/, SAMPA: /"Ap@zIt/

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Preposition

Preposition opposite

1. If A is opposite B, they are facing each other.

   The bank is just opposite this hotel, right across the street there.

Adjective

Positive opposite

Comparative more opposite

Superlative most opposite

1. If two things are opposite, they are the same kind but completely different from each other.
   • Synonym: reverse

   "Go left. No, right!" "Do you want me to go left or right? I mean, they're opposite directions, aren't they?"

   I don't think we can work together. We're too opposite.

   Black is the opposite of white. "Yes" is the opposite of "no". Day is the opposite of night.

Noun

Singular opposite

Plural opposites

1. (countable) The opposite of something is something else of the same kind but completely different.
   • Synonym: reverse

   My kids always do the exact opposite of what I tell them.

   The word dust is its own opposite, meaning both put on and take off dust.

Related words

• oppose
• opposition