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
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
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 It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor.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 fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.
Barack Obama
Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.
Sigmund Freud
I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other people's religious documents and religious symbols just as we were deeply opposed to the Taliban destroying the two historic buddhas which they blew up. So I think we ought to all oppose burning the Koran.
Newt Gingrich
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
Frederick Douglass
Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.
Mitt Romney
Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.
George Will
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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