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Definitions for opposing
op·pos·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word opposing.
Princeton's WordNet
opponent, opposingadjective
characterized by active hostility
"opponent (or opposing) armies"
Wiktionary
opposingadjective
That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
opposing armies
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opposing
Opposing refers to the act of resisting, challenging, combating, or standing against someone or something. It often implies a sense of conflict or discord, indicating a disagreement or difference in opinions, perspectives, or aims. This term can be used in a wide variety of contexts, including everything from a debate to sports. It may relate to actions, views, or entities that are contrasting or contradictory to each other.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of opposing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of opposing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of opposing in a Sentence
The first act that he does when he has a chance to do something -- he doesn't go through step one, two, three -- he goes straight to 100 and invokes the Emergencies Act, i don't think anything that we will see will change our mind, we will be opposing it.
We’re trying to figure out what people find interesting, people find opposing views interesting.
Whats at stake in our country, the kind of things that are happening right now are deeply troubling to me. And Im also thinking hard about how do we start talking and listening to each other again? weve just gotten so polarized. Weve gotten into really opposing camps unlike anything Ive ever seen in my adult life.
They are against racial discrimination, but pernicious division and discrimination by race have been ongoing for a long time in admissions, so there is wrongful resistance to a change back to privileging individual merit. Those who see everything through the lens of color, want a superficial skin color result, or benefit from that, should join us in opposing discriminating by race.
The state may not establish a ‘religion of secularism’ in the sense of affirmatively opposing or showing hostility to religion, thus ‘preferring those who believe in no religion over those who do believe.
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- oponiéndoseSpanish
- menentangIndonesian
- 반대Korean
- tegengesteldeDutch
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