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What (who) is Opposition - definition
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The opposition; Oppose; Opposition (disambiguation); Opposition system; Opposition Party (United States); Opposition Party (United States) (disambiguation); The Opposition
opposition
(oppositions)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Opposition is strong, angry, or violent disagreement and disapproval.
The government is facing a new wave of opposition in the form of a student strike...
Much of the opposition to this plan has come from the media.
? support
N-UNCOUNT: oft N to n
2.
The opposition is the political parties or groups that are opposed to a government.
The main opposition parties boycotted the election, saying it would not be conducted fairly.
N-COUNT-COLL: usu sing, oft N n
3.
In a country's parliament or legislature, the opposition refers to the politicians or political parties that form part of the parliament or legislature, but are not the government.
...the Leader of the Opposition.
N-COUNT-COLL: usu sing, oft the N
4.
The opposition is the person or team you are competing against in a sports event.
Poland provide the opposition for the Scots' last warm-up match at home.
N-SING-COLL
Opposition
·noun Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
II. Opposition ·noun The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
III. Opposition ·noun The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
IV. Opposition ·noun That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.
V. Opposition ·noun The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
VI. Opposition ·noun The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180°;
- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
opposition
¦ noun
1. resistance or dissent.
(often the opposition) a group of opponents.
(the Opposition) Brit. the principal parliamentary party opposed to that in office.
2. a contrast or antithesis.
3. Astronomy & Astrology the apparent position of two celestial objects that are directly opposite each other in the sky, especially the position of a planet when opposite the sun.
Derivatives
oppositional adjective
oppositionist adjective &noun
Examples of use of Opposition
1. Opposition or the suspicion of opposition means death.
2. ONSLAUGHT OF OPPOSITION Opposition to change is strong.
3. I mean, alright, the Opposition is the Opposition, the real opposition sits behind them in the House of Commons.
4. Opposition spokesman Mufazzal Chowdhury Maya said about 200 opposition activists have been injured.
5. The areas targeted had been those that had voted heavily for the opposition, opposition leaders said.