Oppose Definition
ə-pōz
opposed, opposes, opposing
verb
opposed, opposes, opposing
To be or act in contention or conflict with.
Opposed their crosstown rivals in the season finale.
American Heritage
To be hostile or resistant to; try to prevent.
Opposes the building of a new police station.
American Heritage
To contend with in speech or action; resist; withstand.
Webster's New World
To set against; place opposite, in balance or contrast.
Webster's New World
To act in opposition.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
as opposed to
- In contrast to:
American Heritage
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Origin of Oppose
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Middle English opposen to question, interrogate from Old French opposer alteration (influenced by poser to place) of Latin oppōnere to oppose (ob- against ob–) (pōnere to put apo- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob (“before, against") + Medieval Latin pausare (“to put"), taking the place of Latin opponere (“to oppose").
From Wiktionary
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