opposite

== English == === Alternative forms === opposit (archaic) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English opposit, borrowed from Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“to oppose”). Compare oppose. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒpəzɪt/, /ˈɒpəsɪt/ (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑp(ə)sɪt/, /ˈɑpəzɪt/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈɒpəsɪt/, /ˈɒpəzɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɔpəzɪt/, /ˈɔpəsɪt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɒpəzət/, [ˈɔ̟pəzət], /ˈɒpəsət/, [ˈɔ̟pəsət] (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈɔpɵzɪʈ/, /əˈpozɪʈ/ (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈoʊpəsɪt/ === Adjective === opposite (not comparable) Located directly across from something else, or from each other. (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem. Facing in the other direction. Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic. , Book III Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === opposite (plural opposites) Something opposite or contrary to something else. A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things. An opponent. An antonym. (mathematics) An additive inverse. ==== Derived terms ==== opposites attract polar opposite ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === opposite (not comparable) In an opposite position. (television) On another channel at the same time. ==== Translations ==== === Preposition === opposite Facing, or across from. In a complementary role to. (television) On another channel at the same time. The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS. ==== Translations ==== === See also === apposite == Latin == === Adjective === opposite vocative masculine singular of oppositus === References === opposite in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Middle French == === Adjective === opposite m or f (plural opposites) opposite (located directly across from something else, or from each other) === Noun === opposite f (plural opposites) opposite side === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “opposeur”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.