Definitions for opposing
op·pos·ing

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. opponent, opposing(adj)

   characterized by active hostility

   "opponent (or opposing) armies"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. opposing(Adjective)

   That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.

   opposing armies

How to pronounce opposing?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of opposing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of opposing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of opposing in a Sentence

1. Charles Krauthammer:

   On Monday, a federal district court judge appointed by Obama made a ruling opposing, and essentially saying, calling illegal EPA regulations on fracking. The rebuke was a rather strong one. It was almost as if the judge was instructing a middle school class on the constitution, [The president is] a recidivist on this issue, and he needed to be slapped down again.

2. Barack Obama:

   Right now, the rules of global trade too often undermine our values and put our workers and businesses at a disadvantage, tPP allows America – and not countries like China – to write the rules of the road in the 21st century, which is especially important in a region as dynamic as the Asia-Pacific. Signed in February 2016, the deal was supposed to provoke investment among the 12 regions, which together make up about 40 percent of the global economy, the BBC reported at the time. However, the countries involved needed to ratify the agreement in order for it to actually go into effect. Trump’s presidency, which began less than a year later, complicated that. President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the trade deal through an executive order in January 2017. Last month, the remaining 11 countries signed a deal without the U.S. Delegates rally against the The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal at the Democratic National Convention in 2016. ( Reuters/Carlos Barria) Opponents of the deal, including labor unions, argued it would be a threat to manufacturing jobs and encourage exports of jobs to lower-wage countries overseas. If TPP would be enacted, the U.S. would lose 448,000 jobs, according to a study from Tufts University’s Global and Environment Institute. In comparison, the study found a total job loss of 771,000 across all 12 nations involved in the deal combined. Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, broke with the President Barack Obama administration in opposing the deal. Hillary Clinton expressed concern that it would benefit drug countries and would n’t combat currency manipulation, Time magazine reported. President Trump once called TPP a.

3. Tom Slater:

   The Trump phenomenon has just brought to the surface the quite hysterical approach people have to opposing views, social media has played a role, because it lets politicos on both sides of the pond share ideas, and that has been somewhat of a catalyst.

4. Rudy Giuliani:

   Opposing Soros put all four ambassadors there. And Opposing Soros's employing the FBI agents.

5. Ilya Shapiro:

   That’s his worst case, he has a lot of good opinions on… police needing a warrant (and opposing) laws drawn so broadly that prosecutors are convicting people who are not guilty… Clearly, he defers to the government on national security grounds, but most judges and justices do anyway.

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