opposite number

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opposite number

noun opposite numbers

idiomatic A person who holds a position in an organization, sports team, or the like, that corresponds to that held by another person in another organization; a counterpart. The first up train was the morning semi-fast ex Buncrana, which sped through with No. 8 at its head, adroitly exchanging staffs at about 15 m.p.h. […] The next train through Tooban was our opposite number, and we duly received the vital staff.

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Français	homologue
Deutsch	Amtskollege, Amtskollegin
Ελληνικά	ομόλογος omólogos, ομόλογη omólogi
العربية	نَظِير naẓīr, نَظِيرَة naẓīra

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@misc{opposite_number_2026,
  title = {opposite number},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/opposite%20number},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}