Pronunciation
How to pronounce “opposites”
“opposites” is pronounced /ɑːpəzɪts/ — 3 syllables.
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opposites
/ɑːpəzɪts/
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3 syllables. Stress the 'ɑːp' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
“to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'”
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