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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishopposicioun, fromOld Frenchoposicion (whenceFrenchopposition), fromLate Latinoppositiō, translatingAncient Greekἀντίθεσις(antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classicalLatinoppōnō(“I set against”). Equivalent tooppose +‎-ition.

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Noun

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opposition (pluraloppositions)

  1. The action ofopposing or of being inconflict.
    The two politicians are inopposition to the bill.
    The proposal met with strongopposition from local residents.
    • 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Terra Firma Party Codex entry:
      Terra Firma is an Alliance political party formed after the First Contact War. Its policy agenda is based on the principle that Earth must 'stand firm' against alien influences. This covers a variety of legislation. Recent activities by Terra Firma includeopposition to a law requiring high school alien language study, a proposal to increase tariffs on alien imports, and leading a popular movement to mark the First Contact War with a public holiday.
    • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8848:
      That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general politicalopposition.
  2. Anopposite orcontrasting position.
    Near-synonym:oppositeness
    These ideas are inopposition to each other.
  3. (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
  5. (politics) Apoliticalparty ormovementopposed to the party orgovernment inpower.
    leader of theopposition
  6. (law) InUnited Statesintellectual property law, aproceeding in which aninterested party seeks to prevent theregistration of atrademark orpatent.
  7. (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with hisking allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
  8. (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between twopropositions having the samesubject andpredicate.

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Translations

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action of opposing; being in conflict
opposite or contrasting position
astronomy
politics: party or movement opposed to government
legal: proceeding to prevent registration of a trademark or patent
chess
logic
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Finnish

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Noun

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opposition

  1. genitivesingular ofoppositio

French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatinoppositiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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opposition f (pluraloppositions)

  1. opposition

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Swedish

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Noun

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opposition c

  1. opposition (expression of being opposed)
    Near-synonym:motstånd
    Förslaget mötte starkopposition
    The proposal met with strongopposition
  2. opposition (a position of being opposed)
    kretsar inom aristokratin som stod iopposition till tsaren
    circles within the aristocracy that stood inopposition to the tsar
    falangen kom iopposition med partiledningen
    the faction came intoopposition with the party leadership
  3. (politics)opposition
    den politiskaoppositionen
    the politicalopposition
    oppositionspartier
    opposition parties
    oppositionsledare
    leader of theopposition
    ett parti iopposition
    a party inopposition
  4. opposition (critiquing a dissertation as an opponent at a PhD dissertation defense)
  5. (astronomy)opposition
    Vid fullmåne står månen iopposition till solen
    At full moon, the moon is inopposition to the sun
  6. (chess)opposition

Declension

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Declension ofopposition
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteoppositionoppositions
definiteoppositionenoppositionens
pluralindefiniteoppositioneroppositioners
definiteoppositionernaoppositionernas

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