oppose
pronunciation
How to pronounce oppose in British English:
UK [əˈpəʊz]
How to pronounce oppose in American English:
US [əˈpoʊz]
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- Verb:
- be against; express opposition to
- fight against or resist strongly
- oppose with equal weight or force
- set into opposition or rivalry
- act against or in opposition to
- be resistant to
Word Origin
- oppose
- oppose: [14] Oppose is in origin an Old French re-formation of Latin oppōnere, based on poser (source of English pose). Oppōnere was a compound verb formed from the prefix ob- ‘against’ and pōnere ‘put’ (source also of English position, posture, etc). It originally meant literally ‘set against’, but developed various figurative senses, including ‘oppose in argument’, which is how it was originally used when it arrived in English.The notions of ‘contention’ and ‘prevention’ have remained uppermost in the English verb, as they have in opponent [16], which comes from the present participle of the Latin verb. But opposite [14] (from the Latin past participle) retains another metaphorical strand that began in Latin, of ‘comparison’ or ‘contrast’.=> pose, position, posture
- oppose (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French oposer "oppose, resist, rival; contradict, state opposing point of view" (12c.), from poser "to place, lay down" (see pose (v.1)), blended with Latin opponere "oppose, object to, set against" (see opponent). Related: Opposed; opposing.
Example
- 1. Some people oppose such genetic tinkering in principle .
- 2. And make them too greedy to oppose us .
- 3. Oppose it all , and labour will look incredible .
- 4. As long as this continues , they will in practice oppose democracy in the arab world .
- 5. Now that their one-time allies have won independence , they continue to oppose the sudanese army on their own .