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An opponent or antagonist.
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One that is opposite or contrary to another.
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Something that is to some other often specified thing.
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The additive inverse of a real number.
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preposition
Across from or facing: parked the car opposite the bank.
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In a complementary dramatic role to: He played opposite her.
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Across from and usually facing or on the same level with .
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In a role complementary to .
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adjective
Altogether different, as in nature, quality, or significance: The effect of the medication was opposite to that intended.
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Being the other of two complementary or mutually exclusive things: the opposite sex; an opposite role to the lead in the play.
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Botany Growing in pairs on either side of a stem: opposite leaves.
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Facing the other way; moving or tending away from each other: opposite directions.
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Placed or located directly across from something else or from each other: opposite sides of a building.
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adverb
In an opposite position: They sat opposite at the table.
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On or to an opposite side.
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