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Opposition
//ˌɑ.pəˈzɪʃ.ən// noun
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Noun
- 1 The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
"The two politicians are in opposition to the bill."
- 2 the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with wordnet
- 3 An opposite or contrasting position.
"Near-synonym: oppositeness"
- 4 the act of hostile groups opposing each other wordnet
- 5 The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
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- 6 a body of people united in opposing something wordnet
- 7 A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
"leader of the opposition"
- 8 the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected wordnet
- 9 In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
- 10 an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) wordnet
- 11 A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
- 12 a contestant that you are matched against wordnet
- 13 The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
- 14 a direction opposite to another wordnet
- 15 the relation between opposed entities wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositiō, translating Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin oppōnō (“I set against”). Equivalent to oppose + -ition.
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