opposite
US: /ˈɑpəzət/, /ˈɑpzət/
UK: /ˈɒpəsˌɪt/
UK: /ˈɒpəsˌɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
opposite /'ɔpəzit/
- tính từ
- đối nhau, ngược nhau
- to go in opposite directions: đi theo những hướng ngược nhau
- opposite leaves: lá mọc đối
- đối nhau, ngược nhau
- danh từ
- điều trái lại, điều ngược lại
- điều trái lại, điều ngược lại
- phó từ
- trước mặt, đối diện
- the house opposite: căn nhà đối diện, căn nhà trước mặt
- to play opposite
- (sân khấu) đóng vai nam đối với vai nữ chính; đóng vai nữ đối với vai nam chính
- trước mặt, đối diện
- giới từ
- trước mặt, đối diện
- the station: trước mặt nhà ga
- opposite prompter
- (sân khấu) (viết tắt) O.P, bên tay phải diễn viên
- trước mặt, đối diện
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, adverb, noun, preposition
+ 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
opposite 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.
Idioms: your opposite number a person who does the same job as you in another organization: The Foreign Secretary is currently having talks with his opposite number in the White House.
the opposite sex the other sex: He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex.
+ noun [often sing.] 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.'
Idioms: opposites attract used to say that people who are very different are often attracted to each other
+ 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.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 facing, vis-à-vis, en face:
The sniper was on the roof of the building opposite.
2 opposing, conflicting, contrary, contrasting, contradictory, antithetical, differing, different, divergent, diverse, antagonistic, inconsistent, irreconcilable:
William and his wife hold diametrically opposite political views.
n.
3 reverse, converse, contrary, antithesis:
Whatever you tell teenagers to do, their first reaction is to do the opposite.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
complete, direct, exact, precise, very | polar
OPPOSITE + VERB
be the case, be true
The oboe tends to lose power in the upper register, but with the clarinet the opposite is the case.
PREP.
the ~ of/to
Doubt is not the opposite of faith?unbelief is. In temperament, she was the complete opposite to her sister.
PHRASES
exactly/just/quite the opposite
The effect was exactly the opposite to what he intended.
Concise English dictionary
opposites'ɑpəzɪt /'ɒp-
noun
+a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
+a relation of direct opposition
+a contestant that you are matched against
+something inverted in sequence or character or effect
adj.
+being directly across from each other; facing
+of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
+moving or facing away from each other
+the other one of a complementary pair
+altogether different in nature or quality or significance
+characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
adv.
+directly facing each other
