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• Opposite Day — This article is about the game. For the 2009 comedy film, see Opposite Day (film). For the parliamentary mechanism, see Opposition day. Opposite Day, also known as Opposites Day is a word game where speech is modified so that meaning is inverted …   Wikipedia

• opposite —   Kū ē, ē ē, hulina alo. See opposition.    ♦ Opposite meaning, mana o kū ē …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• opposite# — opposite n contradictory, contrary, antithesis, antipode, antonym (see under OPPOSITE adj) opposite adj Opposite, contradictory, contrary, antithetical, antipodal, antipodean, antonymous are comparable chiefly as applied to abstractions and as… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• opposite — [äp′ə zit, äp′əsit] adj. [OFr < L oppositus, pp. of opponere: see OPPONENT] 1. set against, facing, or back to back; at the other end or side; in a contrary position or direction: often with to 2. characterized by hostility or resistance 3.… …   English World dictionary

• opposite — As an adjective denoting position, opposite is followed by to (Two people directly opposite to each other); it is also used with the same meaning as a preposition without to (Two people directly opposite each other). As a noun, opposite is… …   Modern English usage

• Opposite — Op po*site, n. 1. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The opposites of this day s strife. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning; as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• opposite — late 14c., placed on the other side of (something), from O.Fr. oposite (13c.), from L. oppositus, pp. of opponere set against (see OPPONENT (Cf. opponent)). Meaning contrary in nature or character is from 1570s …   Etymology dictionary

• Opposite (semantics) — In lexical semantics, opposites are words that lie in an inherently incompatible binary relationship as in the opposite pairs male : female, long : short, up : down, and precede : follow. The notion of incompatibility here… …   Wikipedia

• opposite — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Radically different] Syn. contrary, antithetical, antithetic, reverse, inverse, converse, diametric, diametrical, antonymous, contrasting, contradictory, counter, conflicting, opposed, opposing, polar, poles apart,… …   English dictionary for students

• opposite word — 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 • Syn: ↑antonym, ↑opposite • Ant: ↑synonym (for: ↑antonym) …   Useful english dictionary

• polar opposite — Opposite Op po*site, n. 1. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The opposites of this day s strife. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning; as, sweetness and its opposite;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English