opposite

  1. Adjective.  located directly across from something else, or from each other.
  2. Adjective.  facing in the other direction.
  3. Adjective.  of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
  4. Noun.  something opposite or contrary to another.
  5. Noun.  an opponent.
  6. Noun.  an antonym.
  7. Noun.  (mathematics) an additive inverse.
  8. Adverb.  In an opposite position.
  9. Preposition.  facing, or across from.
  10. Preposition.  in a complementary role to.

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