Definition of Oppose

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Oppose

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

To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.

To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress.

To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival for a prize.

To be set opposite.

To act adversely or in opposition; -- with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act.

To make objection or opposition in controversy.

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Oppose Quotations

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
Barack Obama

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
Barack Obama

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
Winston Churchill

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
John F. Kennedy

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.
Sigmund Freud

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
Frederick Douglass

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
Alexander Hamilton

And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow people to go to prison and be vilified, and magazines to be closed down on the spot, for suggesting another version of history.
David Icke

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
William Penn

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
Simone de Beauvoir

Oppose Translations

oppose in Dutch is belemmeren, dwarsbomen, tegenwerken
oppose in French is opposons, opposent, opposer, opposez
oppose in Italian is contrapporre
oppose in Latin is resisto, oppono opposui oppositum
oppose in Portuguese is oponha
oppose in Spanish is oponerse, afrontar

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