Definition: 1. Be against; express opposition to. 2. Fight against or resist strongly. 3. Oppose with equal weight or force. 4. Set into opposition or rivalry. 5. Act against or in opposition to. 6. Be resistant to.
Use 'oppose' in a sentence:
1. Some people oppose the universities open to the tourists on the ground that it will distract the attention of the students as well as the teachers.
2. Who will oppose your initiative?
3. Hoffman did not simply oppose the system; he used the system against itself.
4. Many parents oppose bilingual education in schools.
5. Another reason why I oppose going abroad for studies is that it would cost a considerable sum of money.
6. Getting approval for the plan is a purely formal matter; nobody will seriously oppose it.
7. We firmly oppose ourselves to seizing on others' faultsm to putting hats on people, and to wielding the big stick.
8. Norway's stock exchange and its main business lobby oppose the law, as do many businessmen.
9. This party would bitterly oppose the re-introduction of the death penalty.
10. Promote materialist dialectics and oppose metaphysics and scholasticism.
11. Fourthly, oppose trade protectionism and facilitate early, comprehensive and balanced outcomes of the Doha Round Negotiations.
12. They are violently opposed to the idea.
13. We would oppose Chinese mitten crab fishing because it might encourage its spread to other areas.
14. "I totally oppose what he's doing," she said over lunch in the family home, off a crooked alley lined with Ming Dynasty houses.
15. Vested interests are opposing the plan.
16. Many experts oppose the move.
17. He was strongly opposed to the idea.
18. It is time for opposing factions to unite and work towards a common goal.
19. The two opposing armies faced each other across the battlefield.
20. We will side with the majority of the people of Philadelphia who oppose this tax and take legal action to stop it.
21. She was opposed to new laws to muzzle the press.
22. Brigida obeyed, for the uncle had a way that nobody could oppose.
23. We oppose interference by any outside force.
24. His family were adamantly opposed to the marriage.
25. These critics just oppose regulation itself.
26. This passage will deal with the arguments that oppose and support teaching history in school, concluding that we should teach history, because the value of the subject goes beyond the classroom.
27. Upwards of a billion stars in our galaxy have burnt up their internal energy sources, and so can no longer produce the heat a star needs to oppose the inward force of gravity.
28. Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they oppose specific points made in the reading passage.
29. She is emphatically opposed to the proposals.
30. Scots should intransigently oppose any kind of change in the health service.
31. There is widespread concern that some caught up in the trials are innocent people whose crime is to oppose AK.
32. The development was bitterly opposed by the local community.
33. He intends to oppose the prime minister in the leadership election.
34. More people favour a single European currency than oppose it.
35. So we will side with the majority of the people of Philadelphia who oppose this tax and take legal action to stop it.
36. Our views are diametrically opposed on this issue.
37. Seventy per cent of this country is opposed to blood sports.
38. He threw all those that opposed him into prison.
39. Labour likewise wants to discontinue local planning where councils oppose development.
40. 200 attended, as opposed to 300 the previous year.
41. Water is the opposing force to fire.
42. The populace at large is/ are opposed to sudden change.
43. That is why I oppose the plan to build a factory near my community.
44. They remained fundamentally opposed to the plan.
45. Oppose extravagant eating and drinking and pay attention to thrift and economy.
46. A MORI poll showed that 68% of people opposed the ban.
47. Since 1975 advocates of humane treatment of animals have broadened their goals to oppose the use of animals for fur,leather, wool and food.
48. Since 1975 advocates of humane treatment of animals have broadened their goals to oppose the use of animals for fur, leather, wool and food.
49. I would oppose changing the law.
50. Nationalist parties united to oppose the government's plans.
51. They remain resolutely opposed to the idea.
52. They opposed her nomination to the post of Deputy Director.
53. We were in opposing camps.
54. They are totally opposed to abortion.
55. She earned a black mark for opposing company policy.
56. I'm opposed to censorship in any shape or form.
