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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
opposite
▪ I. op·pos·ite [opposite opposites] adjective, adverb, noun, preposition BrE [ˈɒpəzɪt] BrE [ˈɒpəsɪt] NAmE [ˈɑːpəzət]
adjective
1. only before noun on the other side of a particular area from sb/sth and usually facing them
• Answers are given on the opposite page.
• We live further down on the opposite side of the road.
•It's not easy having a relationship when you live at opposite ends of the country.
2. (used after the noun)facing the speaker or sb/sth that has been mentioned
• I could see smoke coming from the windows of the house directly opposite.
• He sat down in the chair opposite.
3. usually before noun as different as possible from sth
• I watched them leave and then drove off in the opposite direction.
• She tried calming him down but it seemed to be having the opposite effect.
•students at opposite ends of the ability range
more at pull in different/opposite directions at ↑pull v.
Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.
Thesaurus:
opposite adj. usually before noun
•Unfortunately her attempts to calm him had the opposite effect.
reverse • • contrary • • inverse • • opposed •
Opp: same
the opposite/reverse direction/side/order/effect
opposite/contrary view/opinion
Their views/opinions are opposed.
Example Bank:
•I'm trying to teach students at opposite ends of the ability range.
Idioms: ↑opposite sex ▪ ↑opposites attract ▪ ↑your opposite number
noun
a person or thing that is as different as possible from sb/sth else
•Hot and cold are opposites.
•What is the opposite of heavy?
•I thought she would be small and blonde but she's the complete opposite.
•Exactly the opposite is true.
•‘Is it better now?’ ‘ Quite the opposite, I'm afraid.’
Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.
Thesaurus:
opposite noun C
•Hot and cold are opposites.
contrast • • the contrary • |especially written the reverse • |technical antonym •
be the opposite/a contrast/the reverse
do the opposite/contrary/reverse
quite the opposite/contrary/reverse/quite a contrast
Example Bank:
•‘Light’ is the opposite of ‘heavy’.
•Doubt is not the opposite of faith— unbelief is.
•In temperament, she was the complete opposite to her sister.
•Most people look forward to the weekend, but with him the opposite is true.
•The effect was exactly the opposite to what he intended.
•The oboe tends to lose power in the upper register, but with the clarinet the opposite is the case.
•‘Is it better now?’ ‘Quite the opposite, I'm afraid.’
•I thought she would be small and blonde but she's the complete opposite.
preposition
1. on the other side of a particular area from sb/sth, and usually facing them
• I sat opposite him during the meal (= on the other side of the table).
• The bank is opposite the supermarket (= on the other side of the road).
•Write your address opposite (= next to) your name.
2. acting in a film/movie or play as the partner of sb
•She starred opposite Tom Hanks.
Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.
▪ II. op·pos·ite adverb
•There's a newly married couple living opposite (= on the other side of the road).
•See opposite (= on the opposite page) for further details.
Main entry: ↑oppositederived
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