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Definition of opposite noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

opposite

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈɑpəzət//
 
, NAmE//ˈɑpəsət//
 
 
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  •  a person or thing that is as different as possible from someone or something else Hot and cold are opposites. What is the opposite of heavy? I thought she would be small and blonde but she's the complete opposite. Exactly the opposite is true. “Is it better now?” “Quite the opposite, I'm afraid.”
    • Idioms
    opposites attract
     
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    used to say that people who are very different are often attracted to each other
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