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o • pen • er / ' oupэnэr / noun [ count ]

a small tool that you use for opening cans or bottles a can opener

• pen • ing / ' oupэnщ / noun [ count ]

a space in something where people or things can go in and out

The cattle got out through an opening in the fence. —SYNONYM hole

a ceremony to celebrate the start of a public event or the first time a new building, road, etc. is used

the opening of the Olympic Games

o • pen • ly / ' oupэnli / adverb

not secretly; without trying to hide anything She told me openly that she didn't agree.

open-minded / |Oupэn ' maindid / adjective

ready to consider new ideas and opinions —ANTONYM narrow-minded

• pe • ra / ' apre / noun [ count, noncount ]

( MUSIC ) a play where the actors sing most of the words to music

Do you like opera?

We went to see an opera by Verdi.

an opera house (= a buidling where you can see operas )

op .er .ate ф / 'aporeit/ verb ( op • er ates , op • er at • ing , op er • at ed )

to work; to make something work

don't know how this machine operates. These switches operate the heat.

( HEALTH ) to cut into someone's body to take out or repair a part inside

Doctors will operate on her leg tomorrow. Word building

A doctor who operates on people in a hospital is called a surgeon . A surgeon's work is called surgery .

op .er .a .tion Ф/ ^ps'reijn/ noun [count ]

( HEALTH ) cutting into someone's body to take out or repair a part inside

He had an operation on his eye.

an event that needs a lot of people or planning a military operation

op • er • a • tor / ' apэreItэr / noun [ count ]

a person who makes a machine work a machine operator

a person who works for a telephone company and helps to connect people making calls

What number do you dial for the operator?

a person or company that runs a particular business a tour operator

О .pin . ion Ф / э'ртуэп / noun [ count ]

what you think about something

In my opinion, she's wrong.

What's your opinion of his work?

He had strong opinions on everything.

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o • pos • sum

/ э ' pi^m / noun [count]

a type of small animal with fur and a long tail that lives in trees

op • po • nent / э 'poumnt / noun [ count ]

( SPORTS ) the person against you in a fight or competition Flynn beat his opponent easily.

OP - РОГ .tU .ni .ty ,арэг'Шпэй/ noun

[ count, noncount ] ( plural op • por • tu • ni . ties )

a chance to do something; a time when you can do

something that you want to do

I didn't get the opportunity to visit them.

It was a golden (= perfect ) opportunity , and I decided to

take it.

op • pose / э ' pouz / verb ( op•pos•es,op pos • ing ,op • posed)

to try to stop or change something because you do not like it

A lot of people opposed the new law.

op • posed / э ' pouzd / adjective

disagreeing strongly with something and trying to stop it I am opposed to the plan. as opposed to ( formal )

words that you use to show that you are talking about one

thing, not something different

The flight cost $400, as opposed to $200 last year.

op . po .site 1 © / upozot / adjective, adverb,

preposition

Spelling

Remember! You spell opposite with PP .

1 as different as possible

can't walk with you, because I'm going in the opposite direction.

across from where someone or something is; on the other side

The church is on the opposite side of the road from my house.

The bank is opposite the supermarket.

op . po . site 2 © / 'apszst / noun [ count ] a word or thing that is as different as possible from another word or thing

"Hot" is the opposite of "cold."

op • po • si • tion / |apa 'zifn / noun [ noncount ]