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  • Character education — is an umbrella term loosely used to describe the teaching of children in a manner that will help them develop variously as moral, civic, good, mannered, behaved, non bullying, healthy, critical, successful, traditional, compliant and/ or socially …   Wikipedia

  • Opposite — Op po*site, n. 1. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The opposites of this day s strife. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning; as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • opposite — late 14c., placed on the other side of (something), from O.Fr. oposite (13c.), from L. oppositus, pp. of opponere set against (see OPPONENT (Cf. opponent)). Meaning contrary in nature or character is from 1570s …   Etymology dictionary

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  • opposite — oppositely, adv. oppositeness, n. /op euh zit, sit/, adj. 1. situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.… …   Universalium

  • opposite — op|po|site1 [ apəzıt ] adjective usually before noun *** 1. ) completely different: These proposals would have the opposite effect to the one intended. from the opposite direction: The car smashed into a truck coming from the opposite direction.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • opposite — I UK [ˈɒpəzɪt] / US [ˈɑpəzɪt] adjective [usually before noun] *** 1) across from or on the other side of someone or something On the opposite side of the road from the school was the church. A picture on the opposite page caught her attention.… …   English dictionary

  • opposite — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere Date: 14th century 1. a. set over against something that is at the other end or side of an intervening line or space < opposite interior …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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