What does oppose mean?
Definitions for oppose
əˈpoʊzop·pose
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word oppose.
Princeton's WordNet
opposeverb
be against; express opposition to
"We oppose the ban on abortion"
fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defendverb
fight against or resist strongly
"The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
oppose, counterbalanceverb
contrast with equal weight or force
pit, oppose, match, play offverb
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"
react, opposeverb
act against or in opposition to
"She reacts negatively to everything I say"
oppose, controvert, contradictverb
be resistant to
"The board opposed his motion"
Wiktionary
opposeverb
To attempt to stop the progression of.
There is still time to oppose this plan.
opposeverb
To object to.
opposeverb
To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
Etymology: From opposen, from opposer, from ob + pausare, taking the place of opponere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To OPPOSEverb
Etymology: opposer, French; oppono, Latin.
There’s no bottom, none
In my voluptuousness: and my desire
All continent impediments would o’erbear,
That did oppose my will. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.If all men are not naturally equal, I am sure all slaves are; and then I may, without presumption, oppose my single opinion to his. John Locke.
Since he stands obdurate,
And that no lawful means can carry me
Out of his envy’s reach, I do oppose
My patience to his fury. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.I thro’ the seas pursu’d their exil’d race,
Engag’d the heav’ns, oppos’d the stormy main;
But billows roar’d and tempests rag’d in vain. Dryden.Her grace sat down
In a rich chair of state; opposing freely
The beauty of her person to the people. William Shakespeare.To Opposeverb
A servant, thrill’d with remorse,
Oppos’d against the act, bending his sword
To his great master. William Shakespeare, King Lear.He practised to dispatch such of the nobility as were like to oppose against his mischievous drift, and in such sort to encumber and weaken the rest, that they should be no impediments to him. John Hayward.
ChatGPT
oppose
To oppose means to disagree with, resist, or act against something or someone. It can also refer to challenging or attempting to prevent the progress or success of a certain action, idea, or decision. This action is often driven by differing beliefs, interests, opinions, or principles.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Oppose
o-pōz′, v.t. to place before or in the way of: to set against: to place as an obstacle: to resist: to check: to compete with.—v.i. to make objection.—n. Opposabil′ity.—adjs. Oppos′able, that may be opposed; Oppose′less (Shak.), not to be opposed, irresistible.—n. Oppos′er, one who opposes.—v.t. and v.i. Oppos′it, to negative. [Fr.,—L. ob, Fr. poser, to place.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
oppose
To act as an adversary against another; to resist, etc. It likewise signifies to place as an obstacle.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'oppose' in Verbs Frequency: #536
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of oppose in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of oppose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of oppose in a Sentence
This is a question of fairness, that's why I oppose biological boys who are trans competing in girls sports in school, it just isn't fair, and we have to protect girls sports in our schools.
Not only will I oppose any efforts to cut Social Security benefits, what we are going to do is expand Social Security benefits.
In the The United Nations Security Council, Russia and China almost always oppose the U.S. on every significant issue and will utilize their vetos to thwart any American-led resolutions or sanctions regardless of how outrageous or disastrous the offending country has acted.
At a time when nearly 14% of Americans do not have a full-time job and when the middle class is working longer hours for lower wages, I oppose a massive increase in temporary guest worker programs that will allow large corporations to import hundreds of thousands of blue-collar and white-collar workers from overseas.
The overwhelming majority of teachers oppose being armed, teachers want to be in their classrooms to teach their children... it is incredibly hard to do that when you're packing heat.
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- عارض, اعترضArabic
- oposarCatalan, Valencian
- widersprechen, entgegensetzen, ablehnenGerman
- εναντιώνομαιGreek
- oponerSpanish
- vastustaaFinnish
- oppose, opposerFrench
- opoñer, oporGalician
- ellenez, szembehelyezkedikHungarian
- opporreItalian
- contrādīcō, intercēdōLatin
- tāwari, mautoheMāori
- tegenhoudenDutch
- oporPortuguese
- opune, contraziceRomanian
- воспрепятствовать, возражать, отрицать, возразить, препятствоватьRussian
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