OPPOSE
\əpˈə͡ʊz], \əpˈəʊz], \ə_p_ˈəʊ_z]\
Definitions of OPPOSE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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place in opposition: can also be used in an abstract sense; "Oppose thy steadfast gazing eyes to mine"- Shakespeare
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fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
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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"
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fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
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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"
By Princeton University
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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.
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To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress.
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To be set opposite.
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To make objection or opposition in controversy.
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To act adversely or in opposition; - with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act.
By Oddity Software
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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.
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To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress.
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To be set opposite.
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To make objection or opposition in controversy.
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To act adversely or in opposition; - with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To place before or in the way of: to set against: to place as an obstacle: to resist: to check: to compete with.
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To make objection.
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OPPOSER.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
