opposite
Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
Adjective 4 meanings
Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
“She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.”
Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
Facing in the other direction.
“They were moving in opposite directions.”
Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
Noun 1 meaning
Something or someone opposite to something or someone else.
Adverb 2 meanings
In an opposite position.
“I was on my seat and she stood opposite.”
On another channel at the same time.
Preposition 3 meanings
Facing, or across from.
“There’s a bus stop opposite the faculty entrance, right on the other side of the road.”
In a complementary role to.
“He played opposite Marilyn Monroe.”
On another channel at the same time.
“The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English opposit, borrowed from Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“to oppose”). Compare oppose.
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OPPOSITE at a glance
OPPOSITE has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (O 1 + P 3 + P 3 + O 1 + S 1 + I 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,344 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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