Examples of using "Tegenovergestelde" in a sentence and their english translations:
He did the opposite.
The opposite is true.
I'm arguing the exact opposite.
I have the opposite problem.
Delight is the opposite of sorrow.
Uploading is the opposite of downloading.
Now, the contrasting view comes out of sports.
Waking up is the opposite of going to sleep.
He did the opposite.
And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
My point of view is contrary to yours.
Although they were twins, they were of opposite personalities.
and since we were told that feminine is the opposite of masculine,
Tom's reaction was the opposite of what Mary had expected.
I would recommend otherwise.
Judaism isn't really the opposite of Christianity.
What they told you is the opposite of what they told me yesterday.
What they said to you is exactly the opposite of what they told me yesterday.
The opposite is also true.
And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think — in fact they do so.
When a transformation has happened, it's not always reversible. However, sometimes a little change makes the transformation backwards possible. Thus, since a change is in this case a transformation as well, there might be needed a transformation to make it possible for the transformation that is the reverse of another transformation to happen.