Oppose
Definition of oppose:
part of speech: verb
part of speech: verb
To set against; resist; compete with.
part of speech: noun
OPPOSER.
part of speech: verb
To speak or act against; to contend or dispute with; resist; to set up as an obstacle; check.
part of speech: verb
To place before or in the way of: to set against: to place as an obstacle: to resist: to check: to compete with.
Usage examples for oppose:
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I dislike greatly to oppose this rose- colored view of Peter, but, from my own knowledge of the man, I must.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him", Paul Leicester Ford. -
Had he lived, had there been other fleets left to oppose him, we would, perhaps, have learned something more of his greatness as a sea officer.
"The Mirror of the Sea", Joseph Conrad. -
" It was preposterous in him to oppose my wishes.
"Herbert Carter's Legacy", Horatio Alger. -
If he had opposed so distinguished a man as Thrasea, why should not Helvidius oppose him?
"Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II", Caius Cornelius Tacitus.