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Oppose

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Verb

1. oppose

be against; express opposition to

Example Sentences:
'We oppose the ban on abortion'

2. defend, fight, fight back, fight down, oppose

fight against or resist strongly

Example Sentences:
'The senator said he would oppose the bill'
'Don't fight it!'

3. counterbalance, oppose

contrast with equal weight or force

4. match, oppose, pit, play off

set into opposition or rivalry

Example Sentences:
'let them match their best athletes against ours'
'pit a chess player against the Russian champion'
'He plays his two children off against each other'

5. oppose, react

act against or in opposition to

Example Sentences:
'She reacts negatively to everything I say'

6. contradict, controvert, oppose

be resistant to

Example Sentences:
'The board opposed his motion'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Oppose

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verb
1. (transitive)
to fight against, counter, or resist strongly
2. (transitive)
to be hostile or antagonistic to; be against
3. (transitive)
to place or set in opposition; contrast or counterbalance
4. (transitive)
to place opposite or facing
5. (intransitive)
to be or act in opposition

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Oppose

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verb transitiveWord forms: opˈposed or opˈposing
1. 
to set against; place opposite, in balance or contrast
2. 
to contend with in speech or action; resist; withstand
verb intransitive
3. 
to act in opposition

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Oppose

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v. op·posed, op·pos·ing, op·pos·es
v.tr.
1. To be or act in contention or conflict with: opposed their crosstown rivals in the season finale.
2. To be hostile or resistant to; try to prevent: opposes the building of a new police station.
3.
a. To set as an opposite in position: opposed the painting with a mirror across the room.
b. To present in counterbalance or contrast: ideas that were opposed to each other in her first book.
v.intr.
To be or act in opposition.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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