Found 3 items, similar to OPPOSITE.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: opposite
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: opposite
opposite
adj 1: 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”
2: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
“opposite leaves” [syn:
paired] [ant:
alternate]
3: moving or facing away from each other;
“looking in opposite
directions”;
“they went in opposite directions”
4: the other one of a complementary pair;
“the opposite sex”;
“the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite
colors”
5: 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
6: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;
“in
diametric contradiction to his claims”;
“diametrical (or
opposite) points of view”;
“opposite meanings”;
“extreme
and indefensible polar positions” [syn:
diametric,
diametrical,
polar]
opposite
n 1: two words that express opposing concepts;
“to him the
opposite of gay was depressed” [syn:
antonym,
opposite word
]
2: a relation of direct opposition;
“we thought Sue was older
than Bill but just the reverse was true” [syn:
reverse,
contrary]
3: a contestant that you are matched against [syn:
opposition,
opponent]
4: something inverted in sequence or character or effect;
“when
the direct approach failed he tried the inverse” [syn:
inverse]
opposite
adv : directly facing each other;
“the two photographs lay
face-to-face on the table”;
“lived all their lives in
houses face-to-face across the street”;
“they sat
opposite at the table” [syn:
face-to-face]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: opposite
opposite
\op"po*site\ ([o^]p"p[-o]*z[i^]t or
[o^]p"p[-o]*s[i^]t), a. [F., fr. L. oppositus, p. p. of
opponere. See
Opponent.]
1. Placed over against; standing or situated over against or
in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite
to the Exchange; the concert hall and the state theater
stood opposite each other on the plaza.
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2. Situated on the other end of an imaginary line passing
through or near the middle of an intervening space or
object; -- of one object with respect to another; as, the
office is on the opposite side of town; -- also used both
to describe two objects with respect to each other; as,
the stores were on opposite ends of the mall.
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3. Applied to the other of two things which are entirely
different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite
extreme; antonyms have opposite meanings.
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4. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant;
antagonistic.
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Novels, by which the reader is misled into another
sort of pleasure opposite to that which is designed
in an epic poem. --Dryden.
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Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes
almost opposite, significations. --Locke.
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5. (Bot.)
(a) Set over against each other, but separated by the
whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same
node.
(b) Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as
a stamen which stands before a petal.
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