oppose
/əˈpoʊz/ verb A2- To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against. · to oppose the king in battle· to oppose a bill in Congress
- To object to.
- To present or set up in opposition; to pose. · They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.· , Book I I may […] oppose my single opinion to his.
- To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
Plural oppose · He/she/it opposes · Past opposed · Past participle opposed · -ing form opposing
Verb forms
- Base form
- oppose
- He/she/it
- opposes
- Past
- opposed
- Past participle
- opposed
- -ing form
- opposing
From the library
“I should have more faith,” he said; “I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.
“Grenoble and Lyons are faithful cities, and will oppose to him an impassable barrier.”
I’ve been kind of opposed to this concert scheme, but I suppose there’s no real harm in it after all.
I had remembered him as a long, slab-sided man with loose limbs and a fine turn of speed, which had carried him round many an opposing back.
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