Opposite

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1. Adjective

Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.

2. Adjective

Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.

3. Adjective

Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

4. Adjective

Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.

5. Adjective

Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.

6. Noun

One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.

7. Noun

That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite.

8. Noun

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of ‘gay’ was ‘depressed’"
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