Opposite

Definition

opposite /'ɒpǝzÇt, 'ɒpǝsÇt / adj ၁။ ~ (to sb/ sth) အျခားတစ္ဖက္ရိွ။ မ်က္ႏွာမူရာ။ မ်က္ႏွာခ်င္းဆိုင္။ on the opposite page ❍ We sat at opposite ends of the table (to each other). ၂။ (used after the n ) မ်က္ႏွာခ်င္းဆိုင္။ တစ္ဖက္ရိွ။ I could see smoke coming out of the windows of the house directly opposite. ၃။ ဆန္႔က်င္ဘက္။ travelling in opposite directions ❍ contact with the opposite sex (ie of men with women or women with men) ❍ Their opinions are entirely opposite. adv မ်က္ႏွာခ်င္းဆိုင္။ အျခားတစ္ဖက္။ There's a newly married couple living opposite. ❍ The woman sitting opposite is a detective. prep ~ (to sb/ sth) ၁။ အျခားတစ္ဖက္။ မ်က္ႏွာခ်င္းဆိုင္။ I sat opposite to him during the meal. ❍ The bank is opposite the supermarket. ❍ Put the chair in the corner opposite the door. ၂။ တြဲဖက္၍ (ကျပ၊ သ႐ုပ္ေဆာင္သည္)။ She had always dreamed of appearing opposite Robert Redford. n ~ ( of sth) ဆန္႔က်င္ဘက္။ Hot and cold are opposites. ❍ What is the opposite of heavy? ❍ I thought she would be small and blonde but she's completely the opposite. ❏ one's opposite number n (usu sing ) (အျခား အဖြဲ႕ အစည္း၊ အုပ္စု လုပ္ငန္းအရ မိမိႏွင့္) တန္းတူ။ having talks with his opposite number in the White House.

Examples

1. On the opposite side of the road from the school was the church.
2. A picture on the opposite page caught her attention.
3. They sat at opposite ends of the room.
4. These proposals would have the opposite effect to the one intended.
5. [in the opposite direction] : The car smashed into a lorry coming in the opposite direction.