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opposite
8 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of OPPOSITE
1
: located at the other end, side, or corner of something : located across from something（位置）相对的，对面的，另一边的
- The two boys lived on opposite sides of the street.两个男孩分别住在街道两侧。
- the opposite bank of the river河对岸
- Fold the bottom right corner of the paper over to the opposite corner.将纸的右下角与左上角对折。
- She switched her ring to the opposite hand. [=she took her ring off the finger of one hand and put it on a finger of the other hand]她把戒指摘下来戴到了另一只手上。
- The text refers to an illustration on the opposite page. [=on the page that faces it]这段文字对应的是对开页上的一幅插图。
2
: completely different完全不同的；相反的；相对的
- The two scientists had the same information but reached opposite conclusions.两位科学家掌握相同的信息，却得出了相反的结论。
- They represent opposite sides of the issue.他们代表了这个问题对立的两个方面。
- They ran in opposite directions.他们各自跑向了相反的方向。
- Some herbs help you sleep while others have the opposite effect. [=other herbs keep you awake]有些草药能帮助入睡，但有些草药的功效却正好相反。
- Her music is at the opposite end of the spectrum/continuum from the music her mother made.她的音乐作品风格与她母亲截然不同。
- Once serving only small portions at high prices, the restaurant has gone to the opposite extreme under the new owners. [=the restaurant now serves large amounts of food for low prices]这家饭店以前价格高，菜量少；换了新老板之后走向了另一个极端：价格低，菜量足。
the opposite side of the coin
2 opposite /ˈɑːpəzət/ adverb
2 opposite
/ˈɑːpəzət/
adverb
Learner's definition of OPPOSITE
: on the other side of someone or something : across from someone or something在对面；对过 — usually + to
- I sat down and he sat opposite.我坐下来，他坐在我对面。
- He lives opposite to me.他住在我对面。
- Put one leg forward, and then lift the arm that is opposite to the forward leg. [=lift your right arm if your left leg is forward; lift your left arm if your right leg is forward]一条腿向前，然后把另一侧的胳膊举起来。
3 opposite /ˈɑːpəzət/ noun
plural opposites
3 opposite
/ˈɑːpəzət/
noun
plural opposites
Learner's definition of OPPOSITE
[count]
1
: someone or something that is completely different from someone or something else对立的人（或事物）；完全不同的人（或事物）
- We thought the job might be difficult, but it was quite the opposite. [=it was easy]我们以为这项工作可能会有困难，事实却正好相反。
- He said that the disease is becoming more common, but really the opposite is true. [=the disease is not becoming more common; it is becoming less common]他说这种疾病越来越常见，事实却恰恰相反。
- My two sisters are polar/complete/exact opposites (of each other)—one is very friendly while the other is very shy.我的两个妹妹性格截然相反——一个很友善，另一个却很害羞。
2
: a word with a meaning that is completely different from the meaning of another word : antonym反义词
- “Wet” is the opposite of “dry.”“干”的反义词是“湿”。
- The terms “black” and “white” are opposites.“黑”和“白”是一对反义词。
opposites attract
— used to say that people who are very different from each other are often attracted to each other相反相成；异性相吸
4 opposite /ˈɑːpəzət/ preposition
4 opposite
/ˈɑːpəzət/
preposition
Learner's definition of OPPOSITE
1
: on the other side of (something or someone) : across from (something or someone)在…对面
- He sat opposite me.他坐在我对面。
- She lives in the house opposite ours.她住在我们家对面的房子里。
- The school is opposite a park.学校在一个公园的对面。
- I played opposite the best player in the league.我与联赛的最佳队员交手。
2
of an actor : in a play, movie, etc., with (another actor)与…合演；与…联袂演出
- She stars/plays opposite Clint Eastwood in her latest movie.她在最新的一部影片里与克林特·伊斯特伍德演对手戏。
1
a
: set over against something that is at the other end or side of an intervening (see intervene sense 4) line or space
b
: situated in pairs on an axis (see axis sense 3) with each member being separated from the other by half the circumference (see circumference sense 2) of the axis compare alternate
4
: being the other of a pair that are corresponding (see corresponding sense 1a) or complementary (see complementary sense 2) in position, function, or nature
In the final position, the two exchanged rooks and left bishops of opposite color, a position that often leads to a draw … 
The Chicago Sun Times
see also opposite sex The Chicago Sun Times oppositely adverb
oppositeness noun
: on or to an opposite side
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Adjective The two boys lived on opposite sides of the street. the opposite bank of the river Fold the bottom right corner of the paper over to the opposite corner. The two scientists had the same information but reached opposite conclusions. They represent opposite sides of the issue. They ran in opposite directions. Her music is at the opposite end of the spectrum from the music her mother made. Noun “Wet” is the opposite of “dry.” The terms “black” and “white” are opposites. Adverb I sat down and he sat opposite. Preposition She lives in the house opposite ours. The school is opposite a park. I played opposite the best player in the league. She stars opposite Clint Eastwood in her latest movie. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Stephen Daw, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022 Gator Nation undoubtedly looks at Utah as an inferior program when really quite the opposite is true. Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022 But dividing the country into zones with and without access to reproductive genetics will do just the opposite, and disproportionately harm those with genetic conditions and the people who love them. Laura Hercher, STAT, 27 Aug. 2022 The opposite—finding rhythm within a technique—is a challenge. Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 23 Aug. 2022 While there's often old wives' tales that say bilingualism delays reading or speaking proficiency, in fact, the opposite is true. Christina Montoya Fiedler, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2022 But Johnson makes a case for the opposite being true. Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, refinery29.com, 19 Aug. 2022 Deep-learning neural networks don’t negate the need for human vigilance; in fact, the opposite is true. Wai Chee Dimock, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2022 Will Harris did the opposite — and has flashed his physicality. Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2022 Dana Santas, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 Instead of investing more money to elevate our status in education, Arizona is doing the opposite. Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 Its costs grow on autopilot as lawmakers boost subsidies in the name of making higher education more affordable, but in reality doing the opposite. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 In other words, as the parties change, the GOP is trading people who vote more frequently for people who vote less frequently, while the Democrats are doing the opposite. NBC News, 14 Aug. 2022 Often, companies win by doing the opposite: automating away or outsourcing work. John Benjamin, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022 Traber pushed back against the idea Corvallis is behind other cities’ police reform progress, pointing out their department hasn’t been militarized and has embraced community policing at a time when other agencies were doing the opposite. Ming Kim And Courtnie Wilson, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022 Your enthusiasm could be doing the opposite for someone around you. Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2022 Today in the lab, much of his work involves doing exactly the opposite: inoculating plants with disease-causing bacteria. Wired, 6 July 2022 Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022 If the planet rotates in a direction opposite to its orbital rotation, then this backward rotation will get the sun back to the highest point sooner. WIRED, 4 Sep. 2022 The other side is to prevent or mitigate AI that does the exact opposite and drags SDGs into a spiraling abyss. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 The authors suggest sauropods' distinctive diagonal gait might have done something similar yet opposite: using the medial portion of the feet to counter the loading forces, which would have lessened stress on the most vulnerable parts of the feet. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022 William Jackson Harper, Aml Ameen, Tom Pelphrey, Sarah Jones, Jon Michael Hill, and Chanté Adams have all joined the show opposite previously announced leads Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane. Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Aug. 2022 Bardem is being honored for his role as, well, the actor husband of an A-lister, playing Desi Arnaz opposite Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball in Being The Ricardos. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2022 Or when interactions with men ascend into various forms of violation: the quiet kind (an unwanted hand on her knee; the corrosive skepticism of a man who doesn’t believe she’s being stalked) or its very loud opposite (a fist). K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2022 Beyond, the mountains loom dark and mysterious while opposite, the valley winks with lights from little hamlets. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 15 July 2022 CNN, 15 Sep. 2022 That film, in which Driver co-starred opposite Scarlett Johansson, also premiered at Venice before going on to collect six Oscar nominations and one win. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022 That speculation was seemingly confirmed this past week with new revelations from Shia LaBeouf, who was originally attached to star opposite Pugh in the project. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 29 Aug. 2022 She was also set to star opposite Dermot Mulroney in the upcoming horror-thriller Full Ride and had a recurring role in All Rise on OWN. Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2022 Imogen Reid will star opposite Ellen Pompeo in the untitled orphan limited series at Hulu that was announced on Aug. 3. Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022 Franco will star opposite Ana Villafañe, who portrays the title character Alina Fernandez, Castro’s daughter. Variety, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2022 Schafer will star opposite Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 22 June 2022 Eisenberg previously starred opposite David Zellner in the 2019 martial arts comedy The Art of Self-Defense. Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2022 See More
Adjective
Contrary to right-wing claims that this kind of care represents some sort of threat to children’s health and well-being, studies show that the opposite is true. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022 Gator Nation undoubtedly looks at Utah as an inferior program when really quite the opposite is true. Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022 But dividing the country into zones with and without access to reproductive genetics will do just the opposite, and disproportionately harm those with genetic conditions and the people who love them. Laura Hercher, STAT, 27 Aug. 2022 The opposite—finding rhythm within a technique—is a challenge. Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 23 Aug. 2022 While there's often old wives' tales that say bilingualism delays reading or speaking proficiency, in fact, the opposite is true. Christina Montoya Fiedler, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2022 But Johnson makes a case for the opposite being true. Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, refinery29.com, 19 Aug. 2022 Deep-learning neural networks don’t negate the need for human vigilance; in fact, the opposite is true. Wai Chee Dimock, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2022 Will Harris did the opposite — and has flashed his physicality. Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2022 Noun
Walking is an alternating and reciprocal pattern, which simply means that while one side of the body is doing one thing, the other is doing the opposite to create a complete movement. Dana Santas, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 Instead of investing more money to elevate our status in education, Arizona is doing the opposite. Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 Its costs grow on autopilot as lawmakers boost subsidies in the name of making higher education more affordable, but in reality doing the opposite. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 In other words, as the parties change, the GOP is trading people who vote more frequently for people who vote less frequently, while the Democrats are doing the opposite. NBC News, 14 Aug. 2022 Often, companies win by doing the opposite: automating away or outsourcing work. John Benjamin, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022 Traber pushed back against the idea Corvallis is behind other cities’ police reform progress, pointing out their department hasn’t been militarized and has embraced community policing at a time when other agencies were doing the opposite. Ming Kim And Courtnie Wilson, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022 Your enthusiasm could be doing the opposite for someone around you. Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2022 Today in the lab, much of his work involves doing exactly the opposite: inoculating plants with disease-causing bacteria. Wired, 6 July 2022 Adverb
Rookie Cordell Volson will start at left guard, Ted Karras at center, Alex Cappa at right guard and La’el Collins will play opposite left tackle Jonah Williams to round out the new-look unit. Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022 If the planet rotates in a direction opposite to its orbital rotation, then this backward rotation will get the sun back to the highest point sooner. WIRED, 4 Sep. 2022 The other side is to prevent or mitigate AI that does the exact opposite and drags SDGs into a spiraling abyss. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 The authors suggest sauropods' distinctive diagonal gait might have done something similar yet opposite: using the medial portion of the feet to counter the loading forces, which would have lessened stress on the most vulnerable parts of the feet. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022 William Jackson Harper, Aml Ameen, Tom Pelphrey, Sarah Jones, Jon Michael Hill, and Chanté Adams have all joined the show opposite previously announced leads Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane. Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Aug. 2022 Bardem is being honored for his role as, well, the actor husband of an A-lister, playing Desi Arnaz opposite Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball in Being The Ricardos. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2022 Or when interactions with men ascend into various forms of violation: the quiet kind (an unwanted hand on her knee; the corrosive skepticism of a man who doesn’t believe she’s being stalked) or its very loud opposite (a fist). K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2022 Beyond, the mountains loom dark and mysterious while opposite, the valley winks with lights from little hamlets. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 15 July 2022 Preposition
Meanwhile, Andye was silently fantasizing about the stranger opposite her. CNN, 15 Sep. 2022 That film, in which Driver co-starred opposite Scarlett Johansson, also premiered at Venice before going on to collect six Oscar nominations and one win. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022 That speculation was seemingly confirmed this past week with new revelations from Shia LaBeouf, who was originally attached to star opposite Pugh in the project. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 29 Aug. 2022 She was also set to star opposite Dermot Mulroney in the upcoming horror-thriller Full Ride and had a recurring role in All Rise on OWN. Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2022 Imogen Reid will star opposite Ellen Pompeo in the untitled orphan limited series at Hulu that was announced on Aug. 3. Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022 Franco will star opposite Ana Villafañe, who portrays the title character Alina Fernandez, Castro’s daughter. Variety, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2022 Schafer will star opposite Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 22 June 2022 Eisenberg previously starred opposite David Zellner in the 2019 martial arts comedy The Art of Self-Defense. Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin oppositus, from past participle of oppōnere "to place (over or against), place as an obstacle, set in opposition to, argue in reply" — more at oppose
Noun
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin oppositus, noun derivative from past participle of oppōnere "to place (over or against), place as an obstacle, set in opposition to, argue in reply" — more at oppose
Adverb
derivative of opposite entry 1
Preposition
derivative of opposite entry 1
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adverb
1667, in the meaning defined above
Preposition
1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of opposite was in the 14th century Phrases Containing opposite
noun
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