total opposite

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandopposite

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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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 oftotalandoppositefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal opposite

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What may well happen is thetotaloppositeof what they intend.
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The path may one day prove to have led to something which is thetotaloppositeof all the promises which were given when the journey was begun.
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A man who at first glance seemed thetotaloppositeof who she was.
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She is histotaloppositealways nice and cheerful, but they eventually got together by the end of the series.
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It is insane, a total perversion no, thetotaloppositeof the truth.
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It is thetotaloppositeof what a plastic surgeon would do.
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Foucault concentrates on the monetary aspect of government as a point of concern, frugal government, the art of maximum and a minimum and between thetotaloppositeminimum and maximum.
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The twins are deliberately total opposites of each other.
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They both admit that despite their good times, they are never meant to be together because they are total opposites.
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They are total opposites that argue like an old married couple.
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They both soon recognised that although they were total opposites in background and personality, they had a common attitude to film-making and that they could work very well together.
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