Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To be or act in contention or conflict with.
- intransitive verb To be hostile or resistant to; try to prevent.
- intransitive verb To set as an opposite in position.
- intransitive verb To present in counterbalance or contrast.
- intransitive verb To be or act in opposition.
- idiom (as opposed to) In contrast to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To set or place over against or directly opposite; confront or cause to confront, either literally or by way of comparison, contrast, etc.
- To expose; show; display.
- To propose; offer.
- To place or interpose as an obstacle; place in opposition, as for the purpose of contradicting, countervailing, offsetting, or withstanding and defeating something.
- To speak or act against; confront with adverse arguments or efforts; contradict; withstand; endeavor to frustrate or thwart.
- To hinder; resist effectually; prevent; defeat: as, the army was not able to oppose the enemy's progress.
- Synonyms Oppose, Resist, Withstand, combat, strive against, contravene. The first three words are all rather general, but oppose is not quite so strong as the others, as suggesting less of physical action; they all primarily convey the idea of receiving rather than making the attack, but oppose is least restricted to that meaning. See
frustrate . - To stand over against another or one another; be opposite.
- To interpose effort or objection; act or speak in opposition; be adverse or act adverse ly: sometimes with to or against.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To be set opposite.
- intransitive verb obsolete To act adversely or in opposition; -- with
against orto . - intransitive verb To make objection or opposition in controversy.
- transitive verb To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
- transitive verb To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.
- transitive verb To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand
- transitive verb To compete with; to strive against.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To attempt to
stop theprogression of. - verb To
object to. - verb To present or set up in opposition; to
pose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fight against or resist strongly
- verb be resistant to
- verb set into opposition or rivalry
- verb act against or in opposition to
- verb contrast with equal weight or force
- verb be against; express opposition to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Their utter gall in supporting a bill that their constituants oppose is appalling.
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Or, rather, undertaking fiscal initiatives that the monetary authorities oppose is likely to be directly counterproductive.
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What I do oppose is forcing children (implicitly or explicitly) to pray to a god their religion does not recognize.
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Liberals oppose from the left and govern from the right as the old saying has it, and I saw nothing over the past few days that promises anything better.
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What I oppose is a government policy that specifically favors ownership as a mode of housing compared to renting.
Matthew Yglesias » The High Cost of Subsidized Homeownership
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Or, rather, undertaking fiscal initiatives that the monetary authorities oppose is likely to be directly counterproductive.
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Making tough decisions that corporations and Wall Street oppose is never popular …. the poll numbers reflect how stupid some in America, like our troll really are.
Think Progress » Inhofe: There aren’t any ‘normal people’ in Washington.
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Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts - who also voted against Sotomayor's nomination to the appeals court 11 years ago - said late last month he would again oppose her.
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February 19th, 2010 at 1: 37 pm undertaking fiscal initiatives that the monetary authorities oppose is likely to be directly counterproductive.
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I've noticed over time that your disapproval of someone [you oppose] is inversely proportionate to how well they are doing in their election.
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