English-Danish translations for opposite

• det modsatte
  Det er det modsatte, der er tilfældet. In fact, the opposite is true.
  Det modsatte er naturligvis rigtigt. The opposite is true of course.
  Faktisk er det modsatte tilfældet. In fact, the opposite is the case.
• modsat
  Jeg mener, at det forholder sig stik modsat. I think it is quite the opposite.
  Efter min opfattelser forholder det sig stik modsat. I believe the opposite is the case.
  Vores filosofi er stik modsat. Our philosophy is the complete opposite.
• modsætning
  Men logisk set kan vi ikke gøre begge dele samtidig - nå et bestemt mål og dets modsætning. But, logically, we cannot do both simultaneously – one thing and its opposite.
  Men det forholder sig ofte sådan, at store ord bruges til at skjule deres modsætning. However, it is often the case that grand words are used to disguise their opposites.
• over for
  Over for mit hotel hang der en stor plakat. Opposite my hotel, there was a large billboard.

Definition of opposite

• Located directly across from something else, or from each other
• Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem
• Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things
• Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic
• Something opposite or contrary to something else
• An antonym
• An additive inverse
• In an opposite position
• Facing, or across from
• In a complementary role to
• On another channel at the same time

Examples

• She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.
• They were moving in opposite directions.
• He is attracted to the opposite sex.
• "Up" is the opposite of "down".
• I was on my seat and she stood opposite.
• He lives opposite the pub
• He played opposite Marilyn Monroe
• The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.

Related words

• oppositely
• opposite number
• opposite side
• opposite sex
• opposite angle
• opposite phase
• opposite side of the globe
• opposites attract
• opposite-leaved pondweed