opposite number Idiom, Proverb
one's opposite number
someone who has the same position as oneself in another company or organization I spoke with my opposite number in the other company but he didn't agree with me about the new sales policy.
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n. phr. A person occupying the same position as someone in a different group, organization, or country.
The opposite number of the President of the United States in Germany is the Chancellor of the Federal Republic.
opposite number, one's
opposite number, one's One's counterpart, as in
He's my opposite number in the California office. This expression is generally used for a person's equivalent in another organization or system (
number alluding to their position in a hierarchy). [c. 1900]
(one's) adverse number
Someone who has the aforementioned or actual agnate position, role, or action in a altered group, company, or country; one's analogue elsewhere. I've been activity over the alliance capacity with my adverse cardinal in the XYZ Media. The Environmental Protection Agency and their adverse numbers about the apple accept been negotiating new legislation aimed at annoyance the furnishings of altitude change.Learn more: number, oppositeopposite number, one's
One's counterpart, as in He's my adverse cardinal in the California office. This announcement is about acclimated for a person's agnate in addition alignment or arrangement ( number alluding to their position in a hierarchy). [c. 1900] Learn more: oppositeyour ˌopposite ˈnumber
a being who holds the aforementioned position as you in addition country, organization, company, etc: The American Secretary of State will accommodated his Russian adverse cardinal tomorrow. ♢ She’s my adverse cardinal in IBM.Learn more: number, opposite
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