different between opposite vs ausa

English

Alternative forms

• opposit (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of opp?n? (“I oppose”). Compare oppose.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?z?t/, /??p?s?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p(?)s?t/, /??p?z?t/

Adjective

opposite (not comparable)

1. Located directly across from something else, or from each other.

   She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.

2. (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
3. Facing in the other direction.

   They were moving in opposite directions.

4. Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.

   He is attracted to the opposite sex.

5. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

   • Novels, by which the reader is misled into another sort of pieasure opposite to that which is designed in an epick poem.

   • , Book III

     Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations.

Derived terms

• opposite sex

Translations

Noun

opposite (plural opposites)

1. Something opposite or contrary to something else.
2. A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.

   She is the opposite of her ex-boyfriend who abused her both physically and verbally nearly every day for five years. She now works as an advocate and supportive listener for others who have endured abusive relationships.

3. An opponent.
4. An antonym.

   "Up" is the opposite of "down".

5. (mathematics) An additive inverse.

Derived terms

• opposites attract
• polar opposite

Translations

Adverb

opposite (not comparable)

1. In an opposite position.

   I was on my seat and she stood opposite.

   Where's the bus station? -Over there, just opposite.

Translations

Preposition

opposite

1. Facing, or across from.

   • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. […]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.

2. In a complementary role to.

3. (television) On another channel at the same time.

   The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.

Translations

See also

• apposite

Latin

Adjective

opposite

1. vocative masculine singular of oppositus

References

• opposite in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle French

Adjective

opposite m or f (plural opposites)

1. opposite (located directly across from something else, or from each other)

Noun

opposite f (plural opposites)

1. opposite side

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (opposeur)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?øy?sa/
• Rhymes: -øy?sa

Verb

ausa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative jós, third-person plural past indicative jusu, supine ausið) (eys)

1. (with dative) to ladle, to scoop
2. (with accusative) to bail, to remove water from a boat by scooping it out
3. (of horses) to kick up the hind legs

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (to bail): ausa bát

Antonyms

• (to kick up the hind legs): prjóna

Derived terms

• ausa skömmum yfir
• ausa barn vatni

Noun

ausa f (genitive singular ausu, nominative plural ausur)

1. ladle, large spoon

Declension

Italian

Verb

ausa

1. third-person singular present indicative of ausare
2. second-person singular imperative of ausare

Latin

Participle

ausa

1. nominative feminine singular of ausus
2. nominative neuter plural of ausus
3. accusative neuter plural of ausus
4. vocative feminine singular of ausus
5. vocative neuter plural of ausus

Participle

aus?

1. ablative feminine singular of ausus

Latvian

Verb

ausa

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of aust
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of aust

Mambae

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

ausa

1. dog (animal)

Neapolitan

Verb

1. present of ausà

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ausan?.

Verb

ausa (singular past indicative jós, plural past indicative jósu, josu, past participle ausinn)

1. (transitive, with dative) to sprinkle, pour

Conjugation

Noun

ausa f (genitive ausu, plural ausur)

1. a ladle

Declension

References

• ausa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Weyewa

Verb

ausa

1. (Loli) to grasp, to grip

References

• Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010) , “ausa”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat