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Meanings of opposite direction in English

Russian
противоположные направления
Portuguese
direção oposta
Catalan
direcció oposada
Spanish
direccion opuesta

Directions leading away from each other.

противоположные направления
Synonyms
Examples for "opposite directions"
Examples for "opposite directions"
1
NOTES: Kentucky and Louisville came into Saturday's game heading in opposite directions.
Reuters
2
Thyrza and she left the house together and went in opposite directions.
Thyrza
3
On the sidewalk the crowd divided into streams, pulsing in opposite directions.
The Voice of the People
4
Let's be off in opposite directions, and meet to-night; you know where.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2)
5
Harper and Al closed in at the same time, from opposite directions.
The Fireman
Usage of opposite direction in English
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And it runs in the opposite direction from the gulf in Europe.
Post-Prandial Philosophy
2
They had gone one way while I had taken the opposite direction.
Stories: all-new tales
3
The EU is accelerating in the opposite direction under the Nice Treaty.
The Irish Times
4
We turned in the opposite direction; still going along the high road.
Curious, if True / Strange Tales
5
In patients without these conditions, these associations were in the opposite direction.
Pubmed
6
This is really the opposite direction that we really want to see.
Radio NZ
7
Later, thousands streamed back in the opposite direction chanting, We want peace.
The Irish Times
8
But a drive in the opposite direction can bring rather different rewards.
The Irish Times
9
Science is still making discoveries; but they are in the opposite direction.
The New Jerusalem
10
He was walking in the opposite direction, back the way we'd come.
Talk of the town
11
The tendency of it is, on the whole, in the opposite direction.
A History of American Christianity
12
Once again the philosopher has to proceed in exactly the opposite direction.
A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
13
On withdrawing the latter spiral, the needle passed in the opposite direction.
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1
14
One came towards them and the other went in the opposite direction.
Bob Cook and the German Spy
15
The lieutenant sketched a salute and hurried away in the opposite direction.
The Romantic
16
They met two other groups of seekers coming in the opposite direction.
The Bone Doll's Twin
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