Definitions of oppose [əˈpoʊz]

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Definition of 'oppose'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) oppose
to act against or furnish resistance to; combat.

2.  oppose
to hinder or obstruct.

3.  oppose
to set as an opponent or adversary.

4.  oppose
to be hostile or adverse to, as in opinion:
to oppose new tax legislation.

5.  oppose
to set against, esp. for comparison or contrast:
to oppose advantages to disadvantages.

6.  oppose
to set (something) opposite something else, or to set (two things) so as to be opposite one another.

7. (v.i.) oppose
to be in opposition.

Definition of 'oppose'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) oppose
be against; express opposition to
"We oppose the ban on abortion"

2. (verb) fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
fight against or resist strongly
"The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"

3. (verb) oppose, counterbalance
contrast with equal weight or force

4. (verb) pit, oppose, match, play off
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"

5. (verb) react, oppose
act against or in opposition to
"She reacts negatively to everything I say"

6. (verb) oppose, controvert, contradict
be resistant to
"The board opposed his motion"

Definition of 'oppose'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) oppose
to disagree with an idea or plan
We oppose the plan to close the museum.

Translation of 'oppose'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to resist or fight against (someone or something) by force or argument We oppose the government on this matter.
Afrikaans: bestry, opponeer, teensta	Arabic: يُعارِض	Bulgarian: противопоставям се
Brazilian: opor-se a	Czech: být proti	German: sich widersetzen
Danish: modarbejde; bekæmpe	Greek: αντιτίθεμαι, αντιμάχομαι	Spanish: oponerse (a), estar en co
Estonian: (millegi) vastu võitlema	Farsi: مخالفت کردن؛ مقابله کردن	Finnish: vastustaa
French: s'opposerà	Hebrew: לְהִתנָגֵד ל-	Hindi: विरोध करना
Croatian: protiviti se	Hungarian: ellenáll (vkinek), szembe	Indonesian: menentang
Icelandic: vera mótfallinn, standa g	Italian: opporsi a	Japanese: 反対する
Korean: 반항하다	Lithuanian: priešintis, nepritarti, b	Latvian: protestēt; nepiekrist; uz
Malay: menentang	Dutch: zich verzetten tegen	Norwegian: motsette seg, gjøre motst
Polish: sprzeciwiać się	Persian: مخالفت کردن؛ مقابله کردن	Pashto: سرغړونه كول
Portuguese: opor-se a	Romanian: a se opune	Russian: сопротивляться; быть прот
Slovak: byť proti	Slovenian: upirati se	Serbian: protiviti se
Swedish: opponera sig mot, motsätt	Thai: ต่อต้าน	Turkish: karşı çıkmak, itiraz etme
Taiwanese: 反抗	Ukrainian: опиратися; чинити опір	Urdu: مخالفت کرنا
Vietnamese: phản đối	Chinese: 反抗
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