oppose I oppose to violence.
I am opposed to violence. oppose sth (WITHOUT to ) = think that something is wrong and try to stop it from happening or being accepted: ‘Many leading scientists vigorously opposed Darwin’s ideas.’ be opposed to sth = feel strongly that something is wrong: ‘Many people are opposed to the use of fur by the clothing industry.’ opposite 1
People have opposite opinions about this matter.
People have different opinions about this matter. The Americans I met were opposite to what I had imagined.
The Americans I met were very different from what I had imagined. My own country and the USA are totally opposite of each other.
My own country and the USA are totally different (from each other). Use opposite and the opposite of only when you mean that two things are as different as it is possible to be: ‘I thought that the medicine would make him sleepy, but it had the opposite effect.’ ‘The opposite of long is short.’ ‘The two men went off in opposite directions.’ (= one went to the left and one to the right) To describe people’s opinions , life styles , ways of thinking etc, the usual word is different : ‘These two schools of thought are completely different.’ 2
On the wall opposite to the door, there was a large painting.
On the wall opposite the door, there was a large painting. The phone booths are opposite of the tube station.
The phone booths are opposite the tube station. One thing is opposite another thing (WITHOUT
