adj.
  - situated on the other or further side; facing. 
▸(of angles) between opposite sides of the intersection of two lines.
 ▸Botany  (of leaves or shoots) arising in pairs at the same level on opposite sides of the stem.
 - completely different. 
▸being the other of a contrasted pair:
 the opposite ends of the price range.
 
n.
 an opposite person or thing.
adv.
 in an opposite position.
prep.
  - in a position opposite to.
 - (of a leading actor) co-starring beside.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - the opposite sex
 women in relation to men or vice versa. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
    - oppositely adv.
  - oppositeness n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: via OFr. from L. oppositus, opponere ‘set against’.