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What (who) is oppose - definition
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The opposition; Oppose; Opposition (disambiguation); Opposition system; Opposition Party (United States); Opposition Party (United States) (disambiguation); The Opposition
oppose
¦ verb
1. (also be opposed to) disapprove of, resist, or be hostile to.
compete with or fight.
2. [as adjective opposed] (of two or more things) contrasting or conflicting.
3. [as adjective opposing] opposite.
Derivatives
opposer noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. opposer, from L. opponere (see opponent).
oppose
(opposes, opposing, opposed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
If you oppose someone or oppose their plans or ideas, you disagree with what they want to do and try to prevent them from doing it.
Mr Taylor was not bitter towards those who had opposed him...
Many parents oppose bilingual education in schools.
? support
VERB: V n, V n
oppose
v. a.
1.
Resist, withstand, confront, contravene, thwart, oppugn, combat, strive against, set one's face against, make a stand against.
2.
Check, withstand, prevent, obstruct.
3.
Set against, put in opposition.
4.
Contradict, gainsay, deny.
Examples of use of oppose
1. "I‘ll oppose taxpayer funding of abortion, oppose partial–birth abortion.
2. Those who oppose a tax and the draft also should oppose the President‘s war.
3. We oppose terrorist attacks, but also oppose the occupation, the discrimination and the denial of human rights.
4. Even today leading Democrats who oppose the Iraq war do not oppose the idea of war itself or its utility.
5. Sixty–three percent oppose airstrikes on Iran, while 73 percent oppose using ground troops in that country, the poll found.