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opposite[1,adjective] opposite[2,noun] opposite[3,adverb] opposite[4,preposition]

Main Entry: ¹op·po·site
Pronunciation: äp--zt, äp-st
Function: adjective
1 a : being at the other end, side, or corner <lived on opposite sides of the street> <the opposite sides of a rectangle> b : being one of two angles of a four-sided figure (as a square or parallelogram) that are not next to each other
2 a : being in a position to oppose or cancel out <opposite sides of the question> b : as different as possible : CONTRARY <reached opposite conclusions> <went off in opposite directions>
3 : being the other of a matching or contrasting pair <the opposite sex>
- op·po·site·ly adverb
- op·po·site·ness noun

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