opposite in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.opposite [Brit ˈɒpəzɪt, ˈɒpəsɪt, Am ˈɑpəzət] N

II.opposite [Brit ˈɒpəzɪt, ˈɒpəsɪt, Am ˈɑpəzət] ADJ

III.opposite [Brit ˈɒpəzɪt, ˈɒpəsɪt, Am ˈɑpəzət] ADV

IV.opposite [Brit ˈɒpəzɪt, ˈɒpəsɪt, Am ˈɑpəzət] PREP

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ci-contre
opposite
adverse thèse
opposite
adverse attaque, manœuvre
from the opposite camp
partie ou camp adverse
opposite camp
contre-pente
opposite slope
tirer à hue et à dia
to pull in opposite directions
avoir la prison pour vis-à-vis
to live opposite the prison
vis-à-vis (à table, dans le train)
person opposite
vis-à-vis (voisin d'en face)
person who lives opposite
j'ai demandé du feu à mon vis-à-vis
I asked the person opposite for a light
en vis-à-vis
opposite each other
assis en vis-à-vis
sitting opposite each other
elle est l'antithèse de son frère fig
she's the exact opposite of her brother
ne pas être du même côté de la barricade fig
to be on opposite sides of the fence
prendre le contre-pied de qn (en paroles)
to say the opposite of what sb says (de about, on)

opposite in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for opposite in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

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II.opposite [ˈa·pə·zɪt] ADJ

III.opposite [ˈa·pə·zɪt] ADV (facing)

IV.opposite [ˈa·pə·zɪt] PREP

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the exact opposite
tout le contraire

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The opposite approach is known as semasiology: here one starts with a word and asks what it means, or what concepts the word refers to.
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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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These psychological differences are sorted into four opposite pairs, or "dichotomies", with a resulting eight possible psychological types.
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Although many hospitals had been reformed and expanded, allegations of medical negligence were becoming widespread, although inquiries were showing the opposite.
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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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Since this mapping identifies opposite sides of the parallelogram as being the same, the fundamental parallelogram has the topology of a torus.
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Blue-green, herringbone-patterned leaves occur in opposite pairs about the stem.
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He instead looked for the opposite effect, that is, that spinning a ferromagnet could change its magnetization.
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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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They said that they were not prepared to go carrying their money and valuables to the opposite bank of the river in exchange for food.
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