|
|
1. (n.) opposition
the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
2. opposition
antagonism or hostility.
3. opposition
a person or group of people opposing, criticizing, or protesting something, someone, or another group.
4. opposition
(sometimes cap.) the major political party opposed to the party in power and seeking to replace it.
5. opposition
the act of placing opposite, or the state or position of being placed opposite.
6. opposition
the act of opposing, or the state of being opposed by way of comparison or contrast.
7. opposition
the relation between two propositions in logic that have the same subject and predicate, but which differ in quantity or quality, or in both.
8. opposition
the situation of two heavenly bodies when their longitudes or right ascensions differ by 180°:
The moon is in opposition to the sun when the earth is directly between them.
9. opposition
the relationship between two alternative units within a linguistic system.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < OF < L)
|
| Definition of 'Opposition' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) resistance, opposition
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
"he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
2. (noun) opposition, oppositeness
the relation between opposed entities
3. (noun) confrontation, opposition
the act of hostile groups opposing each other
"the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
4. (noun) opposition, opponent, opposite
a contestant that you are matched against
5. (noun) opposition
a body of people united in opposing something
6. (noun) opposition
a direction opposite to another
7. (noun) enemy, foe, foeman, opposition
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
"a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
8. (noun) Opposition
the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected
"Her Majesty's loyal opposition"
|
|
|
1. (noun) opposition
disagreement with a plan or idea
The Republicans face strong opposition to the new bill.
2. opposition
the opposition
the group, team, etc. that is competing or fighting against another group, team, etc.
They played well but were eventually beaten by the opposition.
3. opposition
a political party that is not currently in power
the opposition leader
|
|
|
Sense: the act of resisting or fighting against by force or argument
There is a lot of opposition to his ideas.
|
 Afrikaans: teenkanting, verset |
 Arabic: مُقاوَمَه، مُعارَضَه |
 Bulgarian: противопоставяне |
 Brazilian: oposição |
 Czech: odpor |
 German: der Widerstand |
 Danish: modstand; opposition |
 Greek: αντίσταση, αντίδραση, ενα |
 Spanish: oposición |
 Estonian: vastuseis |
 Farsi: مخالفت |
 Finnish: vastustus |
 French: opposition |
 Hebrew: הִתנַגדוּת |
 Hindi: विरोध |
 Croatian: suprotstavljanje |
 Hungarian: ellenzés |
 Indonesian: penentangan |
 Icelandic: andstaða |
 Italian: opposizione |
 Japanese: 反対 |
 Korean: 반대, 저항 |
 Lithuanian: priešinimasis |
 Latvian: pretestība |
 Malay: tentangan |
 Dutch: tegenstand |
 Norwegian: motstand, strid |
 Polish: sprzeciw |
 Persian: مخالفت |
 Pashto: سرغړونه |
 Portuguese: oposição |
 Romanian: opoziţie |
 Russian: сопротивление, противодей |
 Slovak: odpor |
 Slovenian: nasprotovanje |
 Serbian: protivljenje |
 Swedish: opposition, motstånd |
 Thai: การคัดค้าน |
 Turkish: muhalefet |
 Taiwanese: 反對，反抗 |
 Ukrainian: опір, протидія |
 Urdu: اختلاف، اعتراض |
 Vietnamese: pheđối lập |
 Chinese: 反对，反抗 |
Get even more translations for Opposition...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'Opposition' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of Opposition 
