Definition of Opposite

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Opposite

Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.

Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.

Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.

Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.

One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.

That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite.

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Opposite Quotations

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.
Bill Cosby

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.
Friedrich Nietzsche

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail.
Pablo Picasso

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?
Henry David Thoreau

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.
Coco Chanel

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
Coco Chanel

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
Plato

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
Plato

Opposite Translations

opposite in Afrikaans is teenoorgesteld, oorkant
opposite in Danish is modsat
opposite in Dutch is tegenover, aan de overkant van
opposite in Italian is di fronte, opposto, contrario
opposite in Latin is econtra
opposite in Portuguese is oposto
opposite in Spanish is frontero, opuesta, enfrente de, opuesto, frente a
opposite in Swedish is motsatt

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