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Opposite Pronunciation

Pronounce Opposite as OW P P OW S IY T EH.

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    Opposite phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'opposite'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of opposite: /oʊppoʊsɪtɛ/
    • Modern IPA representation of opposite: /ɒppɒsɪtɛ/

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    List of meaning for opposite

    something that is contrary to something else

    antonym, opposite word, opposite(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

    "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"

    reverse, contrary, opposite(noun)

    a relation of direct opposition

    "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"

    opposition, opponent, opposite(noun)

    a contestant that you are matched against

    inverse, opposite(adj)

    something inverted in sequence or character or effect

    "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"

    opposite(adj)

    being directly across from each other; facing

    "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles"

    opposite, paired(adj)

    of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

    "opposite leaves"

    opposite(adj)

    moving or facing away from each other

    "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions"

    opposite(adj)

    the other one of a complementary pair

    "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"

    opposite(adj)

    altogether different in nature or quality or significance

    "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade

    diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar(adverb)

    characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

    "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"

    face-to-face, opposite(adverb)

    directly facing each other

    "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table"

    being as different as possible

    those two are fundamentally opposite—she being loquacious and outgoing where he is quiet and reserved

    something that is as different as possible from something else

    no matter what I say, you insist on the opposite

    List of synonyms for opposite

    List of antonyms for opposite

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    opposite in sentence

    1. You can change the meaning of almost every word to its opposite by adding the prefix “un”; attractive/unattractive, happy/unhappy.

    2. Transpontine barges were positioned on the opposite side of the bridge awaiting the tug boat.

    3. The west wing of the house is much cooler in the morning since the sun rises on the opposite side.

    4. Due to her family history, Karen’s counselors advised her to run the opposite way when she is offered drugs or alcohol.

    5. 2. Many of the comic and tragic situations in opera develop because a character has been incognito, usually assuming an identity as a member of the opposite sex.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term opposite

    We're in an era right now of lies and indecency, of tribalism and nastiness, and in this era, we lost someone who tried -- tried -- to embody the opposite of those vicious impulses, his loss leaves a chasm in the public square.

    – Jake Tapper

    The proximity of you to the wrestlers, it's like you're sitting in a living room, watching people at the opposite end fighting.

    – Mark Buckton

    Different though the sexes are, they inter-mix. In every human being a vacillation from one sex to the other takes place, and often it is only the clothes that keep the male or female likeness, while underneath the sex is very opposite of what it is above.

    – Virginia Woolf

    We disagree on so much, i don't think of him as an enemy. I think ideologues, partisans on both sides, think of each other as enemies. Our enemies are the people who plant roadside bombs against our soldiers, or shoot up our boardrooms and community college. That's our enemy. I just think that he is just a dogmatic ideologue who very much believes in what he is doing and is pretty much opposite of what we believe.

    – The Republican Party Ryan

    Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.

    – Rebecca Johnson

    Naked men refuse to give in, so they pursue sexual fulfillment through multiple partners, with the opposite sex, the same sex, and sex outside of marriage and many other vile, vulgar and inappropriate ways which defile their body – temple and dishonor God. i did not single out homosexuality.

    – Kelvin Cochran

    The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

    – May Sarton

    It is a culture, but it's the opposite of a cult.

    – Ray Dalio

    There is a little less than one total lunar eclipse per year on average, a lunar eclipse can only happen during a full moon, when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun. But the moon's orbit is tilted a little bit compared to the Earth's, so usually when the moon is full, the Earth's shadow passes a little bit above or a little bit below it. This is why we don't have a lunar eclipse every month.

    – Walter Freeman

    People said it will create pricing and margin pressure. Exactly the opposite is true.

    – Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche

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