Opposite
in sentence
2010 examples of Opposite in a sentence
And do you know what that's the
opposite
of?
It's the
opposite
of democracy.
And the world would be a truly different place if Alaska and Russia weren't on
opposite
sides of the map.
We turned the Earth into a sandwich, by having one person hold a piece of bread at one point on the Earth, and on the exact
opposite
point of the Earth, have another person holding a piece of bread.
And the more these organizations are complex and sophisticated, the less we can think of them as the
opposite
of a state.
So in terms of having Asperger's, it can be viewed as a disadvantage, and sometimes it is a real pain in the butt, but it's also the
opposite.
But even though some stress can be helpful, extreme and chronic stress can have the
opposite
effect.
It would be nice if some stress also helped us remember facts, but unfortunately, the
opposite
is true.
Instead, the
opposite
happened: It sort of created a magnification, like a magnifying glass, on the dictionary text.
I was on a TV talk show
opposite
four white men.
The headlines called them savages and barbarians, because the image of one man overpowering another, killing him with a knife to the throat, conforms to our idea of ancient, primitive practices, the polar
opposite
of our urban, civilized ways.
In fact, it does just the opposite, because when someone asks you what you want to be, you can't reply with 20 different things, though well-meaning adults will likely chuckle and be like, "Oh, how cute, but you can't be a violin maker and a psychologist.
LD: At the
opposite
end of the spectrum is Argentina.
This is how the building sits, adjacent to the Aquatics Centre,
opposite
the Olympic Stadium.
A situation is only ironic if what happens is the exact
opposite
of what was expected.
White objects reflect all colors of light, while black things do exactly the
opposite
and absorb at all frequencies.
Situational irony is when you expect one thing, but get the
opposite.
Verbal irony is when someone says something, but truly means the
opposite.
He probably means that the weather is horrible, but he has said the
opposite.
This is verbal irony when the speaker says the
opposite
of what he means.
When a speaker says the
opposite
of what he means, that is verbal irony.
When a speaker then goes the step farther to mean the
opposite
of what he says and seeks to be a little pointed and mean, like he's making fun of something, then you have sarcasm.
So when the passenger says, "Awesome job!" they probably mean the
opposite
with a hint of poking fun.
You have said the
opposite
of what you mean.
Verbal irony is where what is meant is the
opposite
of what is said, while sarcasm adds that little punch of attitude.
But, apart from the
opposite
charges, both particles are identical and perfectly stable.
Now the hydrogens and carbons are on
opposite
sides of the double bond.
And Newton's Third Law states that for every action, there is an equal and
opposite
reaction.
On our planet, we have two polar regions: the Arctic, whose name comes from the Greek Arktikos, of the North, and the Antarctic from Antarktikos,
opposite
of the North.
But if love is a thing that we can define, then how can it mean
opposite
things for so many people?
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