{"id":784,"date":"2012-03-07T09:58:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T14:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=784"},"modified":"2012-03-07T09:58:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T14:58:49","slug":"opposites-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/opposites-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposites in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Some Opposites<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>by Richard Wilbur<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">What is the opposite of riot?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">It is lots of people keeping quiet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The opposite of doughnut? Wait<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">A minute while I meditate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This isn\u2019t easy. Ah! I\u2019ve found it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">It\u2019s a cookie with a hole around it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">What is the opposite of two?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">A lonely me,a lonely you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The opposite of a cloud could be<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">A white reflection in the sea<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Or a huge blueness in the air<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Caused by the cloud\u2019s not being there<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The opposite of opposite?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">That\u2019s much too difficult. I quit.<\/p>\n<p>When someone asks you what a word means, you are supposed to give an answer that doesn\u2019t include the word you are trying to define. However, when trying to explain what opposite means, this can be a bit tricky. Opposite means a word that means the opposite of a word. But as you see, I broke the \u201crule\u201d about explaining what something means. So let me give a few examples instead:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the opposite of male is female<\/li>\n<li>the opposite of big is small<\/li>\n<li>the opposite of loud is quiet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Opposites are great for a lot of different reasons. You can use them to expand your vocabulary, they can make your writing more creative and they can help you to remember new words quicker and better. For example, if you group words together based on a common element you might be able to learn and remember those words quicker. You could then also take those words and find out the opposites of each one. That would increase your vocabulary!<\/p>\n<p>A really cool website for discovering opposites is called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opposite-word.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opposite Word<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Exercise:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the list below, underline the words that can have opposites and draw a circle around those that can\u2019t. Then write down the underlined words and their opposites.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>far<\/li>\n<li>door<\/li>\n<li>blue<\/li>\n<li>wrong<\/li>\n<li>grass<\/li>\n<li>quickly<\/li>\n<li>pencil<\/li>\n<li>light<\/li>\n<li>happy<\/li>\n<li>fridge<\/li>\n<li>ten<\/li>\n<li>town<\/li>\n<li>small<\/li>\n<li>computer<\/li>\n<li>duck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Answers to Saturday&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/crossing-paths-with-a-pigeon\/\">Vocabulary\u00a0Building Post About Birds<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1. Owl<\/div>\n<div>2. Pigeon<\/div>\n<div>3. Stork<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Opposites by Richard Wilbur What is the opposite of riot? It is lots of people keeping quiet. The opposite of doughnut? Wait A minute while I meditate This isn\u2019t easy. Ah! I\u2019ve found it. It\u2019s a cookie with a hole around it. What is the opposite of two? A lonely me,a lonely you. 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