{
    "term": "opposite",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "on the other side of a particular area from somebody/something and usually facing them",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Answers are given on the opposite page."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We live further down on the opposite side of the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not easy having a relationship when you live at opposite ends of the country."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "facing the speaker or somebody/something that has been mentioned",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I could see smoke coming from the windows of the house directly opposite."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sat down in the chair opposite."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "as different as possible from something",
            "sensetop": "opposite to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I watched them leave and then drove off in **the opposite direction**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tried calming him down but it seemed to be having the **opposite effect**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "students at **opposite ends** of the ability range"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a story about a pair of young boys from opposite extremes of society"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She took a view opposite to that of Fraser.",
                    "contextForm": "opposite to somebody/something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who does the same job as you in another organization",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Foreign Secretary is currently having talks with his opposite number in the White House."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the other sex",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have different aims that cannot be achieved together without causing problems",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are different considerations, often pulling in different directions."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɒpəzɪt/",
                "audio": "op/opposite/opposite__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːpəzɪt/",
                "audio": "op/opposite/opposite__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’."
}