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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
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noun ADJ. complete, direct, exact, precise, very | polar OPPOSITE + VERB be the case, be true The oboe tends to lose power in the upper register, but with the clarinet the opposite is the case. PREP. the ~ of/to Doubt is not the opposite of faith?unbelief is. In temperament, she was the complete opposite to her sister. PHRASES exactly/just/quite the opposite The effect was exactly the opposite to what he intended.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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opposite adjectives the complete/total opposite • She is the complete opposite of her sister. the exact/precise/direct opposite • My own experience says that the exact opposite is true. the polar opposite of something ( also polar opposites ) (= used about two things, people etc that are completely opposite ) • These two viewpoints seem like polar opposites. • Mum was the polar opposite of dear old Dad. phrases the opposite is the case/is true • People believe the sun moved around the earth, but Copernicus showed that the opposite was the case. exactly/precisely the opposite (= completely different than what has been said ) • It looks simple, but it is exactly the opposite. the very opposite (= exactly the opposite ) • Exercise does not increase the appetite - in fact, the very opposite is true. just/quite the opposite (= exactly the opposite ) • He wasn’t laughing. Quite the opposite, in fact. verbs do the opposite • Whatever I tell him to do, he does the opposite.
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adj. different: We were on opposite sides of the room. noun contrary: The truth was the opposite. prep. facing: We parked the car opposite the bank.
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