verb
- Be against; express opposition to.
- usage: "We oppose the ban on abortion"
- synonyms: oppose
- Fight against or resist strongly.
- usage: "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it"
- synonyms: fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
- Contrast with equal weight or force.
- synonyms: oppose, counterbalance
- Set into opposition or rivalry.
- usage: "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"
- Act against or in opposition to.
- usage: "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
- Be resistant to.
- usage: "The board opposed his motion"
- synonyms: oppose, controvert, contradict
adjective
- Being in opposition or having an opponent.
- usage: "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"
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