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opposite3 [countable]
1 a person or thing that is as different as possible from someone or something else
2 used to say that something is completely different from what has just been said : 
I didn't feel sleepy at all - just the opposite, in fact.
not ... just/quite the opposite
I didn't feel sleepy at all - just the opposite, in fact.3 used to say that often people who have completely different characters become friends or are attracted to each other
opposites attract
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in front, opposite, faceIf something or someone is in front of a building, they are directly outside the front of it • Meet me in front of the station.If something or someone is opposite a building, they are outside the front of it on the other side of a street, area of land etc • the fields opposite the schoolUse the verb face to say that a building has something outside the front of it • My apartment block faces (NOT is in front of) the sea. • a house facing the square
in front of, before!! Use in front of not 'before', to talk about doing something so that people can see or hear you • I had to explain myself in front of (NOT before) the whole class.!! Use before, not 'in front of',to talk about the order in which things happen • Before starting (NOT In front of starting), let's list what we have to do. ➔ See also front
WORD CHOICE: in front, opposite, faceIf something or someone is in front of a building, they are directly outside the front of it • Meet me in front of the station.If something or someone is opposite a building, they are outside the front of it on the other side of a street, area of land etc • the fields opposite the schoolUse the verb face to say that a building has something outside the front of it • My apartment block faces (NOT is in front of) the sea. • a house facing the square
in front of, before!! Use in front of not 'before', to talk about doing something so that people can see or hear you • I had to explain myself in front of (NOT before) the whole class.!! Use before, not 'in front of',to talk about the order in which things happen • Before starting (NOT In front of starting), let's list what we have to do. ➔ See also front
