oppose

See also: opposé

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob (“before, against”) + Medieval Latin pono (“to put”), taking the place of Latin opponere (“to oppose”).

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpəʊz/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpoʊz/, [ʔəpʰoʊːz̥]
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊz
Hyphenation: op‧pose

Verb edit

oppose (third-person singular simple present opposes, present participle opposing, simple past and past participle opposed)

To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
Synonyms: confront, withstand, resist, hinder, obstruct, buck

to oppose the king in battle

to oppose a bill in Congress

There is still time to oppose this plan.
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
  I am […] too weak / To oppose your cunning.
To object to.
Synonyms: take issue with, speak out, contest, repugn, argue

Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.
To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.
- 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:
  , Book I
  I may […] oppose my single opinion to his.
- 1839, Philip Meadows Taylor, Confessions of a Thug:
  [T]hree walls had been left standing, with large intervals between each; and they would certainly oppose a most formidable interruption to an invader.
To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  Her grace sat down […] / In a rich chair of state; opposing freely / The beauty of her person to the people.

Synonyms edit

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be against, fight (against), check, bar, block, prevent, take on, counter, contest, resist, confront, face, combat, defy, thwart, contradict, withstand, stand up to, hinder, struggle against, obstruct, fly in the face of, take issue with, be hostile to, counterattack, speak out against, be in opposition to, be in defiance of, strive against, set one's face against, take a stand, make a stand against

Antonyms edit

support

Derived terms edit

opposable

Related terms edit

Translations edit

to attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.

Arabic: عَارَض (ʕāraḍ)
Bulgarian: противопоставям се (protivopostavjam se)
Catalan: oposar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阻止 (zh) (zǔzhǐ)
Czech: oponovat
Dutch: tegenhouden (nl), tegengaan (nl)
Egyptian:

(jtn)
Esperanto: kontraŭi
Finnish: vastustaa (fi)
French: s’opposer à
Galician: opoñer (gl), opor
German: ablehnen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀνθίστημι (anthístēmi)
Hungarian: szembehelyezkedik (hu)
Italian: opporre (it)
Latin: intercēdō, adversor, refrāgor, oppōnō (la)
Maori: mautohe
Polish: oponować (pl) impf, zaoponować pf, przeciwstawiać (pl) impf, przeciwstawić (pl) pf
Portuguese: opor (pt)
Romanian: opune (ro)
Russian: препя́тствовать (ru) impf (prepjátstvovatʹ), воспрепя́тствовать (ru) pf (vosprepjátstvovatʹ), противостоять (ru) impf (protivostojatʹ)
Slovak: oponovať
Spanish: oponer (es)
Telugu: ప్రతిఘటించు (te) (pratighaṭiñcu)
Ukrainian: проти́витися impf (protývytysja), протистоя́ти impf (protystojáty)
Vietnamese: chống đối (vi)

to object to

Arabic: اِعْتَرَضَ (iʕtaraḍa)
Bulgarian: възразявам (bg) (vǎzrazjavam)
Catalan: oposar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反对 (zh) (fǎnduì)
Finnish: vastustaa (fi)
Galician: opoñer (gl), opor
German: widersprechen (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (andsakan)
Hungarian: ellenez (hu)
Italian: obiettare (it)
Latin: contrādīcō
Maori: mautohe, tāwari
Polish: oponować (pl) impf, zaoponować pf, sprzeciwiać (pl) impf, sprzeciwić (pl) pf
Portuguese: opor (pt)
Romanian: contrazice (ro), opune (ro)
Russian: возража́ть (ru) impf (vozražátʹ), возрази́ть (ru) pf (vozrazítʹ); отрица́ть (ru) impf (otricátʹ), быть против
Spanish: oponer (es)
Tamil: எதிர் (ta) (etir)
Ukrainian: запере́чувати impf (zaperéčuvaty), запере́чити pf (zaperéčyty)
Vietnamese: phản đối (vi)
Welsh: gwrthwynebu (cy)

to present or set up in opposition; to pose

Dutch: tegenoverstellen (nl)
Italian: essere contrari
Latin: oppōnō (la)
Russian: противопоставить (ru) pf (protivopostavitʹ)

to place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit

Bulgarian: противопоставям (bg) (protivopostavjam)
Italian: esibire (it)
Russian: противопоставить (ru) pf (protivopostavitʹ)

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