Definitions for opposed
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Princeton's WordNet(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. opposed(adj)

   being in opposition or having an opponent

   "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. opposed(Adjective)

   Acting in opposition; opposing.

2. opposed(Adjective)

   Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'opposed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4699

How to pronounce opposed?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say opposed in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of opposed in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of opposed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of opposed in a Sentence

1. John Locke:

   New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without anyother reason but because they are not already common.

2. Chris Anderson:

   Trump has been much more disciplined in his comments recently and is almost certainly benefiting from keeping his attacks focused on Clinton as opposed to other Republicans or Gold Star families.

3. Ted Cruz:

   There are two different agreements, there's TPA and TPP. I oppose TPP and have always opposed TPP, which is what you asked about.

4. Diane Blair:

   A lot of serious news reporting has become more entertainment driven and more opinion-driven as opposed to factual, people book onto the shows, political figures, commentators who will be controversial who will be provocative because it's a good show. You might not learn anything but you might be entertained and I think that's just become an unfortunate pattern that I wish could be broken.

5. Owlstone Medical Billy Boyle:

   The challenge is most people present when it's very late stage, and it's about managing symptoms as opposed to curing them. So the key thing that you can do is detect the disease early; and that's what we think the breathalyzer technology allows for.

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