opposite

op|po|site1 [ `apəzıt ] adjective usually before noun ***

1. ) completely different:

These proposals would have the opposite effect to the one intended.

from the opposite direction: The car smashed into a truck coming from the opposite direction.

2. ) across from or on the other side of someone or something:

On the opposite side of the road from the school was the church.

A picture on the opposite page caught her attention.

They sat at opposite ends of the room.

opposite

op|po|site 2 [ `apəzıt ] preposition *

1. ) across from or facing someone or something:

the bus stop opposite the theater

Adam took the seat opposite her.

2. ) together with someone else as the other of the two main actors in a play or movie:

play opposite someone: Tom Hanks has played opposite Meg Ryan in three hit films.

opposite

op|po|site 3 [ `apəzıt ] adverb *

on the other side of an area from someone or something and facing toward them:

She was fascinated by the woman sitting opposite.

Jim and Rachel live opposite (=on the other side of the road).

opposite

op|po|site 4 [ `apəzıt ] noun count *

someone or something that is completely different from someone or something else:

We were opposites in character.

do the opposite: Whatever I suggested, they would go and do the opposite.

the opposite of: Larry seemed very agitated the complete opposite of his usual cool self.

opposites attract

used for saying that people who are very different are attracted to each other for that reason