"opposite" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

opposite sustantivo

sustantivo + opposite

Kolokacji: 5

opposite of clarity • opposite of football • mirror opposite • direction opposite • wall opposite

opposite + verbo

Kolokacji: 3

opposite attracts • opposite happens • opposite occurs

adjetivo + opposite

Kolokacji: 13

exact opposite • polar opposite • complete opposite • direct opposite • total opposite • ...

Kolokacji: 3

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

(1) exact, direct, precise

Kolokacji: 3

1. exact opposite = dokładne coś przeciwnego exact opposite

2. direct opposite = bezpośrednie coś przeciwnego direct opposite

3. precise opposite = dokładne coś przeciwnego precise opposite

The true mode of interpretation is the precise opposite of what Glaucon mentions.
The England shirt is the precise opposite of a superhero costume, turning men with extraordinary abilities into mild-mannered guys next door.
Academia is, in many respects, the precise opposite of entrepreneurship.
In the unyielding reality of prison, innocent people often do the precise opposite of running.
And the precise opposite is true of Mr. Dole.
But its ending was the precise opposite of a solar one.
It was the precise opposite of the dimly lit sickroom he had expected.
That is in fact the precise opposite of what we were meant to be achieving by the use of our resources.
Secondly, this proposal accomplishes the precise opposite of what is officially intended.
That is the precise opposite of medicine - it is murder.

(2) polar, diametric, complementary

Kolokacji: 3

Kolokacji: 5

(4) physical, temperamental

Kolokacji: 2

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