opposite

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English

Alternative forms

• opposit (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”). Compare oppose.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒpəzɪt/, /ˈɒpəsɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑp(ə)sɪt/, /ˈɑpəzɪt/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɒpəsɪt/, /ˈɒpəzɪt/

Adjective

opposite (not comparable)

1. Located directly across from something else, or from each other.

2. (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
3. Facing in the other direction.

4. Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.

5. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
   • , Book III

     Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

opposite (plural opposites)

1. Something opposite or contrary to something else.
2. A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.

3. An opponent.
4. An antonym.

5. (mathematics) An additive inverse.

Derived terms

• opposites attract
• polar opposite

Translations

Adverb

opposite (not comparable)

1. In an opposite position.

2. (television) On another channel at the same time.

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Preposition

opposite

1. Facing, or across from.
2. In a complementary role to.

3. (television) On another channel at the same time.

   The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.

Translations

See also

• apposite

Latin

Adjective

opposite

1. vocative masculine singular of oppositus

References

• opposite in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle French

Adjective

opposite m or f (plural opposites)

1. opposite (located directly across from something else, or from each other)

Noun

opposite f (plural opposites)

1. opposite side

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (opposeur)