very opposite
collocation in Englishmeaningsofveryandopposite
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very
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈver.i/us/ˈver.i/
(used to add emphasis to a noun) 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 ofveryandoppositefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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And yet the words "uniform" and "style" represent theveryoppositeof postmodernism.
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Yet, the ghazal is theveryoppositeof that image of decadence.
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However, the demand of secondary materials shows theveryoppositecharacteristics in the respective regions.
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Messiaen's stylistic consistency, despite its heterogeneous sources, was theveryoppositeof eclectic.
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Strife among savants could be petty and personal, but it could also be in the service of the commonweal, theveryoppositeof partiality.
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Now we are facing the risk of theveryopposite.
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I believe we can easily demonstrate to you that, in fact, theveryoppositeis true.
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But obviously theveryoppositeof this is the case.
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On the contrary, so far from achieving a wide range of social representation, one would be achieving theveryoppositeby forcing a comprehensive pattern.
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Let me repeat that the truth is just theveryopposite.
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It is theveryoppositeof the truth.
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The truth is, of course, theveryopposite.
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I believe theveryoppositeto be true.
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Aid of this kind is theveryoppositeof making those countries soft or dependent upon other countries.
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Theveryoppositeis in fact the case.
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Is it not clear that those figures prove theveryopposite?
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If the present trend of economic events continues, however, that will be theveryoppositeof the truth.
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In fact discretion is theveryoppositeof "arbitrary or unreasonable discrimination".
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