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I . opposite [ˈɑːpəzɪt, Brit ˈɒp-] N

opposite
contrário m
opposite
oposto m
the opposite of sth
o contrário de a. c.
quite the opposite!
exatamente o contrário!

II . opposite [ˈɑːpəzɪt, Brit ˈɒp-] ADJ

1. opposite (absolutely different):

the opposite sex
o sexo oposto

2. opposite (facing):

opposite
defronte de
opposite
em frente a
opposite to/from sth
em frente a a. c.

III . opposite [ˈɑːpəzɪt, Brit ˈɒp-] ADV (facing)

opposite
em frente
he lives opposite
ela mora em frente

IV . opposite [ˈɑːpəzɪt, Brit ˈɒp-] PREP

opposite
de frente para
opposite
em frente a

Usage examples with opposite

the opposite of sth
o contrário de a. c.
quite the opposite!
exatamente o contrário!
the opposite sex
o sexo oposto
he lives opposite
ela mora em frente
the exact opposite
justo o contrário
opposite to/from sth
em frente a a. c.
the direct opposite of sth
exatamente o oposto de a. c.

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Ironic similes are a form of verbal irony where a speaker intends to communicate the opposite of what they mean.
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These psychological differences are sorted into four opposite pairs, or "dichotomies", with a resulting eight possible psychological types.
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The specimen did not drop down into pieces caused by glass breakage, and flame did not penetrate through the specimen to the opposite side of the furnace.
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Since the sine of the angle peaks at 90 degrees, a reading could indicate either a certain direction or the exact opposite direction.
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Imagine two fast-moving particles approaching each other from opposite sides of a particle accelerator of the collider type.
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The foliage is opposite, simple with dentate margins, wrinkly (with depressed veins), ovate, and with long petioles.
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Blue-green, herringbone-patterned leaves occur in opposite pairs about the stem.
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Both male and female subjects participate in the phallic organization, and the feminine side of sexuation is supplementary and not opposite or complementary.
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Much like it, tactical media often aims to do the opposite of the media it penetrates: it shocks and reveals an antithesis.
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Then the arrival platform, which is of the same length of that on the opposite side, and twenty feet wide.
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