opposite number
21someone's opposite number — someone’s opposite number phrase someone who has the same job or status as someone else in another organization or country Relations between the Secretary of Defense and his opposite number in Britain were poor. Thesaurus: colleaguessynonym… …
22your opposite number — your ˌopposite ˈnumber idiom (informal) a person who does the same job as you in another organization • The Foreign Secretary is currently having talks with his opposite number in the White House. Main entry: ↑oppositeidiom …
23someone's opposite number — someone who has the same job or status as someone else in another organization or country Relations between the Secretary of Defense and his opposite number in Britain were poor …
24number — or [num′bər] n. [ME nombre < OE < L numerus: see NOMY] 1. a symbol or word, or a group of either of these, showing how many or which one in a series: 1, 2, 10, 101 (one, two, ten, one hundred and one) are called cardinal numbers; 1st, 2d,… …
25opposite — op|po|site1 W2S2 [ˈɔpəzıt US ˈa:p ] prep 1.) especially BrE if one thing or person is opposite another, they are facing each other ▪ The people sitting opposite us looked very familiar. ▪ on the wall opposite the door see usage note ↑front1 2.)… …
26number — ▪ I. number num‧ber 1 [ˈnʌmbə ǁ bər] noun 1. [countable] a series of numbers used to identify someone or something: • He checked the number on the file. • Your account number is the last set of numbers on the bottom of your cheque. • Please quote …
27opposite — 1 preposition if one thing or person is opposite another, they are facing each other: The people sitting opposite us looked very familiar. | It s easy to find there s a church just opposite my house. 2 adjective 1 as different as possible from… …
28opposite — adj., n., adv., & prep. adj. 1 (often foll. by to) having a position on the other or further side, facing or back to back. 2 (often foll. by to, from) a of a contrary kind; diametrically different. b being the other of a contrasted pair. 3 (of… …
29opposite — Synonyms and related words: across, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, against, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonym, antonymous, at… …
30number — Errors of number the failure to maintain agreement between the subject and verb in a sentence are probably the most common grammatical fault in English and often the least excusable. In a language where so much is so complicated, the rule is… …
