MEANINGS OF 'OPPOSITE' IN THE DICTIONARY'
adjective
1.
situated, placed, or lying face to face with something elseor each other, or in corresponding positions with relation toan intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of aroom.
2.
contrary or radically different in some respect common toboth, as in nature, qualities, direction, result, orsignificance; opposed: opposite sides in a controversy;opposite directions.
3.
being the other of two related or corresponding things:friendly with many members of the opposite sex.
preposition
9.
across from; facing: The guest of honor sat opposite me atthe banquet.
10.
in a role parallel or complementary to: He has playedopposite many leading ladies.
adverb
11.
on opposite sides.
12.
on the opposite side: I was at one end and she sat opposite.
13.
to the opposite side; in the opposite direction: I went to theleft balcony, and he went opposite
noun
6.
a person or thing that is opposite or contrary.
7.
an antonym.
8.
Archaic . an opponent; antagonist.
OXYMORON - the joining of 2 opposite/contrasting words
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absolutely unsure
accurate estimate
agree to dissagree
all alone
alone in a crowd
almost done
alone together
amature expert
auto pilot
awfully good
baby giant
back luck
balding hair
big baby
bitter sweet
black light
blind eye
brilliantly dull
burning cold
calm winds
casual dress
clever fool
cold sweat
controlled chaos
completed research
crash landing
current histyory
dark linght
dead right
definate maybe
easy labour
educated guess
enough time
equal justice
eternal life
false fact
free love
front end
fuzzy logic
good grief
great depression
half dressed
invisible ink
liquid smoke
low-rise
mutual differences
mean smile
near miss
near future
never again
one choice
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