exact opposite
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexactandopposite
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exact
adjective
uk/ɪɡˈzækt/us/ɪɡˈzækt/
in great detail, or complete, correct, or true in ...
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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 ofexactandoppositefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In mathematical and logical terms, theexactoppositeof at least one is none.
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So now, each call to f causes a heap allocation, theexactoppositeof what we are trying to achieve.
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Indeed, one could argue that theexactoppositehappened.
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In fact, theexactoppositeseems to be true.
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This paper argues for theexactoppositeof these positions.
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Bond returns have shown theexactoppositepatterns, while one-year interest rates have been fairly stable.
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I'm theexactoppositeof the writer who dashes off his entirefirstdraft, not caring how sloppy it looks or how badly it's written.
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At the same time, it also conveys theexactopposite, the altruism that puts the interests of one's patients or clients ahead of one's own.
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As she observes, this patterning in natural spoken discourse is theexactoppositeof what would be expected on the basis of the 'distance' parameter.
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That it does not and instead results in theexactoppositepattern is a serious challenge for the pragmatic account.
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However, one version of a cognitive balance theory predicts theexactopposite.
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Our work will be based specifically on quantum non-locality and non-separability results, which, in our view, suggest theexactoppositeof an underlying discrete space-time.
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Why is it that antimuscarinic agents have hallucinatory properties when theory predicts theexactopposite?
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This situation is theexactoppositeof what would be predicted by the gravity model.
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Indeed, he had prophesied theexactopposite: a decline of productivist dogma in favor of progressive experimentation.
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The implications where it is the husband who remains at home when his wife enters a care home are almost theexactopposite.
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Our conclusion is, ironically, at theexactopposite.
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Quantized predicates, on the other hand, are theexactopposite.
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