OPPOSITE


Meaning of OPPOSITE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ complete , direct , exact , precise , total , very

▪ polar

OPPOSITE + VERB

▪ be the case , be true

The oboe tends to lose power in the upper register, but with the clarinet the ~ is the case.

Most people look forward to the weekend, but with him the ~ is true.

PREPOSITION

▪ the ~ of , the ~ to

‘Light’ is the ~ of ‘heavy’.

In temperament, she was the complete ~ to her sister.

PHRASES

▪ exactly the ~ , just the ~ , quite the ~

The effect was exactly the ~ to what he intended.

▪ ~s attract

II.

adj.

Opposite is used with these nouns: ↑ bank , ↑ corner , ↑ direction , ↑ edge , ↑ effect , ↑ end , ↑ extreme , ↑ gender , ↑ impression , ↑ page , ↑ pole , ↑ reason , ↑ sex , ↑ shore , ↑ side , ↑ tack , ↑ trend , ↑ viewpoint , ↑ wall , ↑ way

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