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oppose
Found in thesaurus: fence, debate, contend, argue, struggle, fight, counterpoint, contrast, confront, face, move, act, refute, rebut
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oppose
v.
resist; hinder; contend, be strong in a contradictory opinion; set against, contrast, counterbalance
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Opposition
Opposition may mean or refer to:
- Opposition (planets), a term describing the position of a celestial body
- Opposition (chess), a term describing the position of the kings relative to each other
- Opposition proceeding, an administrative process available under some patent or trademark laws
- Opposition of the thumb, the location of the thumb opposite to the fingers so that the hand can grasp objects
- Square of Opposition, a type of logic diagram
- Opposition (boolean algebra), two terms with a shared literal, one positive, the other negative
- Binary opposition, a pair of related terms that are opposite in meaning
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oppose
Verb
1. be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"
(hypernym) argue, contend, debate, fence
(hyponym) contest, contend, repugn
(derivation) resistance, opposition
2. fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
(synonym) fight, fight back, fight down, defend
(hypernym) fight, struggle
(hyponym) recalcitrate
(derivation) confrontation, opposition
3. oppose with equal weight or force
(synonym) counterbalance
(hypernym) contrast, counterpoint
(hyponym) counterweight, counterpoise, counterpose
4. set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
(synonym) pit, match, play off
(hypernym) confront, face
(derivation) opposition, opponent, opposite
5. act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
(synonym) react
(hypernym) act, move
(hyponym) pursue, follow up on, act on
(derivation) adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
6. be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
(synonym) controvert, contradict
(hypernym) refute, rebut
(hyponym) veto, blackball, negative
(derivation) adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
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opposé
adj.
opposite, polar; contrary, reverse; antipathetic, antagonistic
opposé
nm.
opposite, contrast
opposer
v.
oppose, put up; demur, interrupt; collide, interpose; discountenance
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opporre
v.
oppose, object
