in the opposite direction: She didn't see me - she was looking the other way. I Their car hit a truck which was coming the other way.
The other way is more informal than in the opposite direction. j
in the opposite direction/in the other direction ,,'indi .Dpaz^t di'rekjan,
in Ai ,лбзг d^rekj\?n||-,a:p- in the direction that is opposite to the one in which someone is going: I saw him and hurried away in the opposite direction. I The road is very narrow, so slow down if you meet another car coming in the other direction.
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OPPOSITE
in opposite directions Two trains travelling in opposite directions had collided.
when two people or things directly face each other
OPPOSITE
opposite
face to face /Jets t9 feis/ if two people are face to face, they are sitting or standing opposite each other, and they are very close: The two men stood face to face, glaring at each other. I We sat face to face across the table.
ORDER
the order in which things are arranged, or the order in which
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They sat opposite each other.
opposite /'op3zЈt|'a:p-/ [adj/adv/preposi- tion] something that is opposite something else is facing it, for example on the other side of the street or on the other side of a table: When you get off the bus, you'll see a grocery store on the opposite side of the street. I She recognized the man who was sitting opposite, be opposite sb/sth The bathroom is opposite the bedroom. directly opposite {^exactly opposite) The entrance to the park is directly opposite our house.
^^ Don't say 'the cinema is opposite of the station'. Say the cinema is opposite the station.
across /э'кплф'кгж/ [preposition] across the street/river/table opposite where you are, and on the other side of the street, river etc: She lives across the road. I From the hotel you can see the pretty villages across the bay. across the street/table from sth Across the street from where we were standing was a little park.
on the other side /лп 6i ,лдэг said/ on
the opposite side of a road, river etc: If you look across the lake, you can see Ruskin's house on the other side. + of Vou have to park on the other side of the road.
face/feis/ [uT] if one person, building, seat etc faces another, they are opposite each other, and each of them has their front towards the other: Rita's apartment faces the harbour. I The seat facing mine was empty. 1 They stood facing each other for a few minutes.
if you mean 'order someone to do something', go to tell
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ORGANIZE/ARRANGE
order
order /'o:rd3r; [n U] the way that events happen or that information is arranged, showing which is first, which is second, and so on
in this/that/what/any order Safety checks must be carried out in the following order: One - make sure all electrical equipment is switched off, two - ... I It doesn't matter which order you answer the questions in.
+ of We were given a printed sheet showing the order of events for the day. in order of importance/diffuulty/size etc
(=when the most important thing is first, then the next most important etc) Their main exports, in order of importance, are copper, coal, and maize, i The subjects that students enjoyed most were, in order of popularity, music, history, and art.
in alphabetical order (=with 'a' first, then Ъ\ then c' etc)
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LAST
sequence /'siikwans/ [n C] the specific order in which a number of events, actions, or pieces of information follow one another + of Police are not sure of the exact sequence of events that led to the riot. I The dance is basically a sequence of
steps that you repeat over and over again. I Basic computer code consists of sequences of ones and zeros
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pattern paeDn||'pa:torn/ [n C] the order in which things usually happen or someone usually does something, which you notice because it seems to be regular: It's a common pattern: failure at school, unemployment, leading to a fife of crime. + of a familiar pattern of events follow a pattern (^happen in the same way) Police say that each of the murders follows the same pattern.
in the correct order
in the right order /шйэ ,ruit з:ЧЬг if a
set of things, actions, or events is in the right order, it is correctly arranged or it happens in the correct order: Have you put all the pages in the right order? I It is important to add each ingredient in the right order.
in the wrong order
in the wrong order in Дз ,rog o:rd3r||
- гулj- if a set of things, actions, or events is in the wrong order, it is not correctly arranged: All the files were in the wrong order, so it took me hours to find her letter. I If you give commands in the wrong order, the computer will not respond.
mixed up /.mikst лр«*/ [adj not before noun] in the wrong order, especially when this has been done deliberately: It's an exercise in which the sentences are all mixed up and you have to put them in the right order.
backwards /'baekw3rdz/ [adu] starting at the end and finishing at the beginning: Can you say the alphabet backwards?
ORGANIZATION
a group of people who do something together or who work for a particular purpose
see also member, company, join organization (also organisation
British) /.D^gonai zeipnl-gsns-/ [n C] a large organized group of people who work together in business, politics, education, sport etc: Greenpeace is an international organization that works to protect the environment. I Most big organizations employ their own legal experts. I the World Health Organization
institution jnstVtiu:j>n||-tu:- [n C] an organization that does educational, scientific, or financial work, especially a large and important organization that has existed for a long time: librarians working in educational institutions I banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions i A major study of women and heart disease is being carried out by the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution.