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Meaning of opposite

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  opposite
      adv 1: directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay
             face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in
             houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat
             opposite at the table" [syn: {face-to-face}, {opposite}]
      adj 1: being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on
             the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the
             alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the
             street"; "at opposite poles"
      2: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
         "opposite leaves" [syn: {opposite}, {paired}] [ant:
         {alternate}]
      3: moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite
         directions"; "they went in opposite directions"
      4: the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex";
         "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite
         colors"
      5: altogether different in nature or quality or significance;
         "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is
         said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles
         Reade
      6: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in
         diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or
         opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and
         indefensible polar positions" [syn: {diametric},
         {diametrical}, {opposite}, {polar}]
      n 1: 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'"
           [syn: {antonym}, {opposite word}, {opposite}] [ant:
           {equivalent word}, {synonym}]
      2: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older
         than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: {reverse},
         {contrary}, {opposite}]
      3: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: {opposition},
         {opponent}, {opposite}]
      4: something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when
         the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" [syn:
         {inverse}, {opposite}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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