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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | быть противоположным | be the reverse of something (чем-либо Atenza) |
| gen. | быть противоположным | be a foil to/for (george serebryakov) |
| math. | быть противоположными по знаку | there is said to be a variation in signs whenever two successive terms of the polynomial are opposite in sign |