opposite
/ˈɑ.pə.sɪt/ sustantivo B1En español: contrario, opuesto
- A person or thing that is importantly (substantively) different from someone or something else.
- Especially, one that is different to the extreme degree of being the reverse.
- An opponent. · The dogfighter fought closely with his opposite.
- A counterpart. · The Swedish diplomat worked closely with his opposite from Denmark.
- An antonym. · "Up" is the opposite of "down".
- An additive inverse.
Plural opposites
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With an air of nonchalance which, under the circumstances, seemed to me to border upon affectation, he lounged up and down the pavement, and gazed vacantly at the ground, the sky, the opposite houses and the line of railings.
In one of the aristocratic mansions built by Puget in the Rue du Grand Cours opposite the Medusa fountain, a second marriage feast was being celebrated, almost at the same hour with the nuptial repast given by Dantès.
During this time, Dantès, at the opposite side of the table, had been occupied in similarly placing his most honored guests.
The laurels among which we lay were immediately opposite the window and not more than a hundred feet from it.
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