OPPOSITION
\ˌɒpəzˈɪʃən], \ˌɒpəzˈɪʃən], \ˌɒ_p_ə_z_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of OPPOSITION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
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the relation between opposed entities
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a body of people united in opposing something
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a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition"
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a direction opposite to another
By Princeton University
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an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
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the relation between opposed entities
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a body of people united in opposing something
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a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition"
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a direction opposite to another
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
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Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
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That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.
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The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
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The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
By Oddity Software
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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
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Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
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That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.
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The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
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The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of resisting or checking; the state of being resisted or checked; resistance; contradiction; the political party that does not support the party in power.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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State of being placed over against: standing over against: repugnance: contrariety: act of opposing: resistance: that which opposes: obstacle: the party that opposes the existing administration or the party in power: (astron.) the situation of heavenly bodies when 180 degrees apart.
By Daniel Lyons
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State of being opposite; resistance; repugnance; contrariety; obstacle; party opposed to the existing administration.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of opposing.
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The state of being opposite or opposed.
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An obstacle; obstruction.
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Astron. The relative position of two bodies that are 180 apart.
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The party opposed to an administration.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. State of being opposed or placed over against ; situation so as to front something else ; repugnance ; contrariety ; inconsistency ; contradiction ;— resistance ;— that which opposes ; an obstacle ;— the collective body of opposers ; the party that opposes the existing administration ;— the situation of two heavenly bodies 180o apart.
