1 : 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"
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1 : a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
2 : something inverted in sequence or character or effect
