precise opposite
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreciseandopposite
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precise
adjective
uk/prɪˈsaɪs/us/prəˈsaɪs/
exact ...
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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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(Definition ofpreciseandoppositefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprecise opposite
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It would be wrong to group these tree-trunks with the columns of the west, for they are thepreciseopposite.
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That is thepreciseoppositeof the truth.
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I want at the outset to say that thepreciseoppositeis the truth.
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Secondly, this proposal accomplishes thepreciseoppositeof what is officially intended.
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It is as if one were visiting a twin planet where the people spoke thepreciseoppositeof what their identical figures elsewhere were saying.
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I believe he has achieved thepreciseoppositeof what he intends.
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There are a great many cases in which it is thepreciseoppositeof truth.
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The introduction of universal flow control last year did nothing to increase the number of air movements; it did thepreciseopposite.
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That is in fact thepreciseoppositeof what we were meant to be achieving by the use of our resources.
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This is thepreciseoppositeof what we ought to be doing.
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That is thepreciseoppositeof liberty of the individual.
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I submit that thepreciseoppositeis the case.
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Secondly, his reference was to this circular, which says thepreciseoppositeof what he says.
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I am trying to explain thepreciseopposite.
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I had in fact said thepreciseopposite.
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In fact, thepreciseoppositeappears to be the case; that it is in respect of all persons engaged in industry.
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Surely the amendment would do thepreciseopposite.
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That is thepreciseopposite, environmentally, of what the climate change levy intends.
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That is thepreciseoppositeof what is on the record, and of our policy.
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I venture to say that thepreciseoppositereally represents the position.
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