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# opposite

noun (opposite, opposites); adjective (opposite); preposition and adverb (opposite)

«opposite» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The opposite is the thing that is as different as can be: up is the opposite of down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#m1)
2. Opposite also means facing, on the other side: the shop opposite the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#m2)
3. In shapes, opposite sides or angles are across from each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths: opposite sides of a shape (equal in a rectangle); opposite operations (add and subtract, multiply and divide); places facing each other; the opposite of a number like 5 is −5. In English lessons: opposites (antonyms) like hot and cold. In science: opposite poles of magnets attract. In stories: «the opposite bank of the river».

### Examples

- Opposite sides of a rectangle are equal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#x1)
- Subtraction is the opposite of addition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#x2)
- The shop is opposite the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#x3)
- The opposite side is 8 cm long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#x4)
- Hot is the opposite of cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#x5)
- Opposite poles of a magnet pull together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#x6)
- She sat opposite me at lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#x7)
- The twins like opposite things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#x8)
- Multiplication and division are opposite operations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#x9)
- ‘It is just the opposite of you! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/#x10)

### Note

In shapes, opposite sides of a rectangle are equal, so you can find a missing side. Opposite operations undo each other. Trap: «opposite» as a place gives no number. Spelling: opposite (double «p», one «s»). «Opposite to» and «opposite» (with no «to») are both used for places.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah shows that the same letters in a different order can make words with opposite meanings. In the primary lessons: In maths: opposite sides of a shape (equal in a rectangle); opposite operations (add and subtract, multiply and divide); places facing each other; the opposite of a number like 5 is −5. In English lessons: opposites (antonyms) like hot and cold. In science: opposite poles of magnets attract. In stories: «the opposite bank of the river».

### Examples

- Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one to another. (Torah EXO.36.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/opposite/#x1)
- Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one to another. (Torah EXO.26.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/opposite/#x2)
- He means to say, that the letters of the words ענג and נגע are the same, but they signify nevertheless, opposite ideas on account of transposition. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/opposite/#x3)

### Note

In shapes, opposite sides of a rectangle are equal, so you can find a missing side. Opposite operations undo each other. Trap: «opposite» as a place gives no number. Spelling: opposite (double «p», one «s»). «Opposite to» and «opposite» (with no «to») are both used for places.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «opposite» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposite/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«opposite» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opposite.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «opposite» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/opposite/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«opposite» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/opposite.html) on Mova free.