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absolute opposite

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meanings of absoluteand opposite


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absolute
adjective
uk /ˈæb.sə.luːt/ us /ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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opposite
noun[C often singular]
uk /ˈɒp.ə.zɪt/ us /ˈɑː.pə.zɪt/
something or someone that is completely different from another person ...
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Examples of absolute opposite


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That is the absoluteopposite of the truth.
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Independence for a country or a colony very frequently can mean the absoluteopposite to the individual living in it.
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It would be the absoluteopposite of co-operation.
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It is the absoluteopposite of the progressive taxation that would be seen as the most reasonable way to do this in a fair society.
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Perversely, the effect of much legislation can be the absoluteopposite of that which is intended.
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In fact, the position was the absoluteopposite.
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Far from there being a mandate or even there being absence of a mandate, there is the absoluteopposite of a mandate.
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I am sure that to most of us this question is the absoluteopposite of a political decision.
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Let me assure him that that is the absoluteopposite of the position.
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I do not want to pursue that, because to me education is the absoluteopposite of equality.
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But it has proved to be the absoluteopposite.
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That is the absoluteopposite of anything that can be described as a decent university education.
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I say the absoluteopposite of that.
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Indeed, the absoluteopposite is the case.
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The absoluteopposite is taking place.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Here again one sees a single currency effectively at work, but it has not delivered prosperity or easier working in that industry; it has delivered the absoluteopposite.
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Having met in-person only once, the twowhile from the absoluteopposite ends of the spectrummanage to connect and form a friendship.
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Wikipedia

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Inside, it's the absoluteopposite of that.
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