Oppose
[ə'pəʊz] or [ə'poz]
Definition
(verb.) be against; express opposition to; 'We oppose the ban on abortion'.
(verb.) be resistant to; 'The board opposed his motion'.
(verb.) contrast with equal weight or force.
Checker: Mollie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
(n.) To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.
(n.) To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress.
(n.) To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival for a prize.
(v. i.) To be set opposite.
(v. i.) To act adversely or in opposition; -- with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act.
(v. i.) To make objection or opposition in controversy.
Editor: Stephen
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Resist, withstand, contravene, thwart, oppugn, combat, strive against, set one's face against, make a stand against.[2]. Contradict, gainsay, deny.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Withstand, resist, mutch, obstruct, confront, oppugn, bar, hinder, contravene,check, thwart
ANT:Aid, abet, back, support, advance, expedite
Edited by Alison
Definition
v.t. to place before or in the way of: to set against: to place as an obstacle: to resist: to check: to compete with.—v.i. to make objection.—n. Opposabil′ity.—adjs. Oppos′able that may be opposed; Oppose′less (Shak.) not to be opposed irresistible.—n. Oppos′er one who opposes.—v.t. and v.i. Oppos′it to negative.
Typist: Melba
Unserious Contents or Definition
v. To assist with obstructions and objections.
Checker: Zachariah
Examples
- These two years, said he, will pass swiftly, and it will be the last delay that will oppose itself to your happiness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We stand up for self-government, and oppose centralisation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Many will oppose this of the bridge. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- On THAT head, therefore, it was not for her to oppose her mother's intention of removing into Devonshire. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Emma had not another word to oppose. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Elizabeth could not oppose such a wish; and from this time Mr. Bingley's name was scarcely ever mentioned between them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- While speaking, and afterwards, the lady kept watchfully between her and the staircase, as if prepared to oppose her going up, by force. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Gerty Farish had opposed the plan with all the energy of her somewhat inarticulate nature. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I represented that I knew him (as I did and do) to be strenuously opposed to it, both in opinion and action. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- These are not irrecon cilably opposed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Say, then, is not pleasure opposed to pain? Plato. The Republic.
- He opposed the existing state of affairs on the ground that it formed neither the citizen nor the man. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He was so strong, so sustaining, and he could not be opposed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These things and deeds are diametrically opposed: they are as distinct as is vice from virtue. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He had the faith of the one, the doubt of the other, and, drawn strongly either way by these opposing forces, paused irresolutely between the two. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- At any rate he sickened, and after opposing to the malady a taciturn resistance for a day or two, was obliged to keep his chamber. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was in that mood in which I thought it best not to increase his determination (if anything could increase it) by opposing him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I left off opposing her favourite whim on that account, because some of the sympathy was sure, in course of time, to fall to my share. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is they who turn opposing interests into a class war. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She knew the strength of the opposing impulses-she could feel the countless hands of habit dragging her back into some fresh compromise with fate. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They buffet with opposing waves, to gain the bloody shore, not to recede from it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thus it appears, that the principle, which opposes our passion, cannot be the same with reason, and is only called so in an improper sense. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I lament afresh the cruel necessity which sets our interests at variance, and opposes us to each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There exists an educational tradition which opposes science to literature and history in the curriculum. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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